Arts and Multiculturalism

We look at the artistic and social spaces created by multicultural communities and documented by multicultural TV.

  • Total running time 111min

Skin: Indian Films and Video

LWT 1980. Director Nic Phillips. 26min. Digital

Skin: Blues Parties

LWT 1980. Director Nic Phillips. 26min. Digital

Here and Now on Four

Channel 4 1989. Directors David Maloney, John O’ Brien. 30min. Digital

All Black: Jungle Fever

BBC 1994. Series Producer Yasmin Anwar. 29min. Digital

Outside of the traditional structure of national institutions, Black and Asian Britons created unique artistic communities, often taking the form of collectives or commercially minded organisations, which still aimed for access to the mainstream. From Blues Parties to video distribution in Southall, each iteration of new movements existed in parallel to the mainstream, with some breaking through while others plateaued.