The 55th Grammy Awards have arrived, and music's biggest night promises a ton of trophies, and hopefully some great live performances by today's hottest acts. Who has the best record of 2012? How about the year's best new artist? Stick with Zap2it throughout the night, as we continue updating the list of this year's winners!
All of the award categories are below, with the winners in bold.
Record of the Year"Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" by Kelly Clarkson"We Are Young" by Fun., featuring Janelle Monáe"Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye, featuring Kimbra"Thinkin Bout You" by Frank Ocean"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift
Album of the Year"El Camino" by The Black Keys"Some Nights" by Fun."Babel" by Mumford & Sons"Channel Orange" by Frank Ocean"Blunderbuss" by Jack White
Song of the Year...
All of the award categories are below, with the winners in bold.
Record of the Year"Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" by Kelly Clarkson"We Are Young" by Fun., featuring Janelle Monáe"Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye, featuring Kimbra"Thinkin Bout You" by Frank Ocean"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift
Album of the Year"El Camino" by The Black Keys"Some Nights" by Fun."Babel" by Mumford & Sons"Channel Orange" by Frank Ocean"Blunderbuss" by Jack White
Song of the Year...
- 2/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Please, stop me if you’ve heard this one – a year after a college party game ends in humiliation for an unfortunate geek, the group of friends responsible are invited to another gathering, only to find themselves trapped and tortured by a vengeful psychopath. As its supremely unoriginal plot suggests, British horror “Truth or Dare” really is a film without a new idea in its head, director Robert Heath (“Sus”) being perfectly happy simply to rehash the same kind of clichés that were already getting distinctly stale by the end of the slasher boom way back in the 1980s. Making matters worse, there isn’t much else to the film beyond its tired premise, Heath showing an inexplicable lack of ambition, and refusing even to milk the ‘truth or dare’ gimmick for creative shocks or wacky death scenes. With the killer sticking to the exact same gag method each time...
- 8/22/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
*here be minor spoilers. Director: Robert Heath. Writer: Matthew McGuchan. Cast: Liam Boyle, Jack Gordon, Florence Hall, Nicky Henson, Jennie Jacques, Tom Kane, Jason Maza, and David Oakes. Truth or Dare is a revenge thriller created by director Robert Heath. Heath recently completed another dramatic thriller titled Sus in 2010. Heath has cast a wide range of actors for his latest. Arguably, Jennie Jacques (Shank) and television actor David Oakes have the most acting experience. Eleanour (Jacques) and Justin (Oakes) are also coincidentally the two main villains in this picture with Felix (Tom Kane) acting as a quiet and shy protagonist. Truth or Dare transitions from a revenge thriller into a gory horror picture thanks to a few twists along the way. And, this film is an enjoyable watch despite a few awkward scenes. The film's story is set up much like a trap in the first act. Justin invites several...
- 8/7/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
First announced back in March was Corona Pictures teen horror thriller Truth Or Dare, which we just landed the Afm sales art for. My guess is our leading lady, who's about to pop out of her dress, had a bad spin... Robert Heath, who made the 2010 political drama Sus, directed the thriller "about five teenage friends who are taken hostage by a psychopath and forced to play a deadly spin-the-bottle party game." The script has been written by Matthew McGuchan. The cast includes a crop of upcoming young British actors including David Oakes (Pillars of the Earth), Jennie Jacques (Cherry Tree Lane), Liam Boyle (Awaydays), Jack Gordon (Fish Tank) and Alexander Vlahos (The Indian Doctor). Get the long synopsis inside.
- 11/1/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
First announced back in March was Corona Pictures teen horror thriller Truth Or Dare, which we just landed the first ever image from. My guess is our leading lady, who's about to pop out of her dress, had a bad spin... Robert Heath, who made the 2010 political drama Sus, directed the thriller "about five teenage friends who are taken hostage by a psychopath and forced to play a deadly spin-the-bottle party game." The script has been written by Matthew McGuchan. The cast includes a crop of upcoming young British actors including David Oakes (Pillars of the Earth), Jennie Jacques (Cherry Tree Lane), Liam Boyle (Awaydays), Jack Gordon (Fish Tank) and Alexander Vlahos (The Indian Doctor).
- 6/1/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
London-based sales company Av Pictures has secured worldwide sales rights to Corona Pictures teen horror thriller Truth Or Dare, reports Screen Daily. Robert Heath, who made the 2010 political drama Sus, is directing the thriller "about five teenage friends who are taken hostage by a psychopath and forced to play a deadly spin-the-bottle party game." The script has been written by Matthew McGuchan. The cast includes a crop of upcoming young British actors including David Oakes (Pillars of the Earth), Jennie Jacques (Cherry Tree Lane), Liam Boyle (Awaydays), Jack Gordon (Fish Tank) and Alexander Vlahos (The Indian Doctor). Currently in post-production for delivery this summer, the project is being produced by Shadow Of The Vampire producer Richard Johns and Rupert Jermyn through their Corona Pictures production company. The pair described the film as "one of the sharpest, snappiest psycho thriller projects weve ever seen."...
- 3/29/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
And so it all comes to an end… the inaugural Act Now: New Voices In Black Cinema Film Festival. An auspicious start for the Act Now Foundation family, enabled by the hard work of its eclectic staff.
The challenge – putting together a worthwhile 5-day film festival, with virtually no budget, and little time – was met with aplomb. Aaron Ingram and his team came through triumphantly. The programming, like the ActNow staff, was diverse, bold, demanding, and showed good aesthetic judgment – leaving the chaff out of the festival.
5 days in the cold and frigid temperatures of a New York winter, snow and crowded ice-covered streets and sidewalks, didn’t seem to prevent friends, family, neighbors, collaborators and more from the Act Now Film Festival experience. Sold-out or near sold-out screenings weren’t uncommon. We all reveled in the excitement of the moment; the movies of the moment.
The reason why this...
The challenge – putting together a worthwhile 5-day film festival, with virtually no budget, and little time – was met with aplomb. Aaron Ingram and his team came through triumphantly. The programming, like the ActNow staff, was diverse, bold, demanding, and showed good aesthetic judgment – leaving the chaff out of the festival.
5 days in the cold and frigid temperatures of a New York winter, snow and crowded ice-covered streets and sidewalks, didn’t seem to prevent friends, family, neighbors, collaborators and more from the Act Now Film Festival experience. Sold-out or near sold-out screenings weren’t uncommon. We all reveled in the excitement of the moment; the movies of the moment.
The reason why this...
- 2/11/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Screening Tonight at 9:30Pm at BAMCinematek as part of the inaugural ActNow New Voices In Black Cinema Film Festival; Q&A with the star of the film (Clint Dyer) will follow. tickets are $12 and can be purchased Here. Although, if you’re following me on Twitter, you’ll know that I’m giving away 4 free tickets to the screening.
Here’s my review, written several months ago, when I first saw the film:
It takes place in London in 1979, but it very well could be San Francisco, 2010. Sus couldn’t be more topical, in light of recent racially-charged fatalities, and the institutional racism that’s still very much the fulcrum of human relations today. Thus, it’s maddening that little appears to have changed over a 30-year period, despite rhetoric that suggests otherwise. No “post-racial” world here.
There likely isn’t a more recognizable representation of this dynamic than...
Here’s my review, written several months ago, when I first saw the film:
It takes place in London in 1979, but it very well could be San Francisco, 2010. Sus couldn’t be more topical, in light of recent racially-charged fatalities, and the institutional racism that’s still very much the fulcrum of human relations today. Thus, it’s maddening that little appears to have changed over a 30-year period, despite rhetoric that suggests otherwise. No “post-racial” world here.
There likely isn’t a more recognizable representation of this dynamic than...
- 2/7/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Screening Tonight at 9:30Pm, as part of the ActNow New Voices In Black Cinema Film Festival, at BAMCinematek here in Brooklyn, NY, is the riveting racial drama Sus, starring Clint Dyer.
I’ll be introducing the film and its star, so obviously I will be there! A Q&A with Clint, moderated by Christopher Farley of the Wall Street Journal, will follow the screening.
You’re all Strongly encouraged to attend this screening, if you can. It’s an incredible, powerful film, very topical and relatable, especially for those of us who’ve been victims of wrongful police harassment, or know of people who’ve been victims. And, who hasn’t and/or doesn’t, right?
The acting is stellar across the board, it’s beautiful shot and edited, gritty, raw, engaging from beginning to end.
It’s a film you likely won’t get to see anywhere else after this,...
I’ll be introducing the film and its star, so obviously I will be there! A Q&A with Clint, moderated by Christopher Farley of the Wall Street Journal, will follow the screening.
You’re all Strongly encouraged to attend this screening, if you can. It’s an incredible, powerful film, very topical and relatable, especially for those of us who’ve been victims of wrongful police harassment, or know of people who’ve been victims. And, who hasn’t and/or doesn’t, right?
The acting is stellar across the board, it’s beautiful shot and edited, gritty, raw, engaging from beginning to end.
It’s a film you likely won’t get to see anywhere else after this,...
- 2/7/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Continuing with previews of noteworthy films scheduled to screen at the upcoming Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles (Paff), from Feb 16 to the 23rd…
As I said in my last Paff profile, several of these films have previously been covered well on this blog, like Sus!
MsWOO profiled this Brit flick back in March last year Here; about 4 months later, I attended a screening of it, and posted a review on this blog which you can read Here.
In short, Sus is an engrossing drama, set entirely in an interrogation room, in 1979 London, in which a pair of racist cops question a black murder suspect. I dug it, and if you are planning to attend the Paff this year, and can only see a handful of films, it should be on your list of films to see! You’ll be glad you did!
Sus is based on the play by Barrie Keefe,...
As I said in my last Paff profile, several of these films have previously been covered well on this blog, like Sus!
MsWOO profiled this Brit flick back in March last year Here; about 4 months later, I attended a screening of it, and posted a review on this blog which you can read Here.
In short, Sus is an engrossing drama, set entirely in an interrogation room, in 1979 London, in which a pair of racist cops question a black murder suspect. I dug it, and if you are planning to attend the Paff this year, and can only see a handful of films, it should be on your list of films to see! You’ll be glad you did!
Sus is based on the play by Barrie Keefe,...
- 2/3/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
As most of you know, Tambay and I are curators of an independent Black film series that has recently expanded into a five-day festival as well – ActNow: New Voices in Black Cinema.
The festival itself starts next Friday, February 4th and runs until Wednesday February 9th, and ActNow is proud to show the acclaimed British film Sus, starring (and produced by) Clint Dyer, directed by Robert Heath and written by acclaimed dramatist Barrie Keeffe. Tambay reviewed it here months ago.
With most of our lineup, ActNow’s blogger Tanya St. Louis has interviewed the directors or producers of the films, and here is her brief interview with Mr. Clint Dyer himself.
Clint Dyer
Please read it below and help spread the word about this important new film festival.
Tanya St. Louis: Clint Dyer is the actor and producer of the film Sus and I was lucky enough to ask him a few questions about Sus.
The festival itself starts next Friday, February 4th and runs until Wednesday February 9th, and ActNow is proud to show the acclaimed British film Sus, starring (and produced by) Clint Dyer, directed by Robert Heath and written by acclaimed dramatist Barrie Keeffe. Tambay reviewed it here months ago.
With most of our lineup, ActNow’s blogger Tanya St. Louis has interviewed the directors or producers of the films, and here is her brief interview with Mr. Clint Dyer himself.
Clint Dyer
Please read it below and help spread the word about this important new film festival.
Tanya St. Louis: Clint Dyer is the actor and producer of the film Sus and I was lucky enough to ask him a few questions about Sus.
- 2/2/2011
- by Curtis the Media Man
- ShadowAndAct
Just got word from Clint Dyer (star of the film) that the riveting British drama Sus officially has USA distribution. CodeBlack Entertainment has acquired stateside rights to the film, which I hope will see theaters, even in a limited release, because it’s well worth a look!
I saw it back in July, and wrote an enthusiastic review of it, which you can read Here. No details on release dates yet.
That makes 2 UK-made films, with black British stars that CodeBlack has picked up for USA distribution – the other being Thomas Ikimi’s Legacy, starring Idris Elba, also a film I’ve seen, liked and reviewed on this blog. Good looking out Mr Clanagan and company… glad someone on this side of the pond is willing to take a chance on both titles.
Check out the trailer below, if you missed it the first time (as well as its new...
I saw it back in July, and wrote an enthusiastic review of it, which you can read Here. No details on release dates yet.
That makes 2 UK-made films, with black British stars that CodeBlack has picked up for USA distribution – the other being Thomas Ikimi’s Legacy, starring Idris Elba, also a film I’ve seen, liked and reviewed on this blog. Good looking out Mr Clanagan and company… glad someone on this side of the pond is willing to take a chance on both titles.
Check out the trailer below, if you missed it the first time (as well as its new...
- 10/1/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
MsWOO profiled this Brit flick, titled Sus, back in March, earlier this year Here; about 4 months later, I attended a screening of it, and reviewed it on this blog which you can read Here.
In short, Sus is an engrossing drama, set entirely in an interrogation room, in 1979 London, in which a pair of racist cops question a black murder suspect. I dug it, and if you live in New York, you could dig it too, if you attend either of this weekend’s screenings of it at Urban World Film Festival.
Your first opportunity will come tomorrow night, September 17th, at 9:15Pm, at the AMC on West 34th Street and 8th ave.
Your second and last chance will happen on Sunday afternoon, September 19th, at 1:30Pm, at the same location.
Click Here for ticket purchase info.
Sus is based on the play by Barrie Keefe, and is directed by Robert Heath.
In short, Sus is an engrossing drama, set entirely in an interrogation room, in 1979 London, in which a pair of racist cops question a black murder suspect. I dug it, and if you live in New York, you could dig it too, if you attend either of this weekend’s screenings of it at Urban World Film Festival.
Your first opportunity will come tomorrow night, September 17th, at 9:15Pm, at the AMC on West 34th Street and 8th ave.
Your second and last chance will happen on Sunday afternoon, September 19th, at 1:30Pm, at the same location.
Click Here for ticket purchase info.
Sus is based on the play by Barrie Keefe, and is directed by Robert Heath.
- 9/16/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
MsWOO profiled this Brit flick, titled Sus, back in March, earlier this year Here; about 4 months later, I attended a screening of it, and reviewed it on this blog which you can read Here.
In short, Sus is an engrossing drama, set entirely in an interrogation room, in 1979 London, in which a pair of racist cops question a black murder suspect. I dug it, and if you live in Chicago, you could dig it too, if you attend tonight’s screening of it at Ice Theaters, brought to you by Black World Cinema.
The lights go down at 7Pm.
Sus is based on the play by Barrie Keefe, and is directed by Robert Heath. Clint Dyer stars, in a distinguished performance! Be there if you can to see this. You’ll be glad you did!
Here’s its trailer as a refresher:...
In short, Sus is an engrossing drama, set entirely in an interrogation room, in 1979 London, in which a pair of racist cops question a black murder suspect. I dug it, and if you live in Chicago, you could dig it too, if you attend tonight’s screening of it at Ice Theaters, brought to you by Black World Cinema.
The lights go down at 7Pm.
Sus is based on the play by Barrie Keefe, and is directed by Robert Heath. Clint Dyer stars, in a distinguished performance! Be there if you can to see this. You’ll be glad you did!
Here’s its trailer as a refresher:...
- 9/2/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
I’m a little tied up at the moment, so I didn’t take the time to really dig through this list, and comment on each entry; though, regular readers of this blog should immediately recognize a number of the titles, as we’ve featured a few of them on Shadow And Act, whether individual profiles, or mentioned in previous film festival schedules, or both.
I’ll highlight any relevant titles that we haven’t already, in later posts. For now… See below for the Urbanworld Film Festival 2010 feature film screening roster (Kerry Washington will be this year’s festival Ambassador by the way):
Opening Night Selection:
“Night Catches Us,” Tanya Hamilton
Closing Night Selection:
“I Will Follow,” Ava DuVernay
Narrative Feature Competition:
“Bilal’s Stand,” Sultan Sharrief
“Callback,” Kartik Singh
“Everyday Black Man,” Carmen Madden
“Go For It!,” Carmen Marron
“Krews,” Hilbert Hakim
“Money Matters,” Ryan Richmond
“Mooz-Lum,...
I’ll highlight any relevant titles that we haven’t already, in later posts. For now… See below for the Urbanworld Film Festival 2010 feature film screening roster (Kerry Washington will be this year’s festival Ambassador by the way):
Opening Night Selection:
“Night Catches Us,” Tanya Hamilton
Closing Night Selection:
“I Will Follow,” Ava DuVernay
Narrative Feature Competition:
“Bilal’s Stand,” Sultan Sharrief
“Callback,” Kartik Singh
“Everyday Black Man,” Carmen Madden
“Go For It!,” Carmen Marron
“Krews,” Hilbert Hakim
“Money Matters,” Ryan Richmond
“Mooz-Lum,...
- 8/25/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
It takes place in London in 1979, but it very well could be San Francisco, 2010. Sus couldn’t be more topical, in light of recent racially-charged fatalities, and the institutional racism that’s still very much the fulcrum of human relations today. Thus, it’s maddening that little appears to have changed over a 30-year period, despite rhetoric that suggests otherwise. No “post-racial” world here.
There likely isn’t a more recognizable representation of this macro than the well-documented incendiary relationship between men of the law and men of the African Diaspora, which goes back ions. And it is a brand of that particular power struggle that plays out in Sus; and as is often the case, I’m not so sure that there are ever really any winners or losers. Just more damaged men; and if they’re lucky, men who live to hopefully learn something from the experience – an...
There likely isn’t a more recognizable representation of this macro than the well-documented incendiary relationship between men of the law and men of the African Diaspora, which goes back ions. And it is a brand of that particular power struggle that plays out in Sus; and as is often the case, I’m not so sure that there are ever really any winners or losers. Just more damaged men; and if they’re lucky, men who live to hopefully learn something from the experience – an...
- 7/16/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
MsWOO profiled this Brit flick, titled Sus, back in March, earlier this year. I won’t rehash; you can read that post Here for all the details. But in short, Sus is a riveting drama, set entirely in an interrogation room, in 1979, in which a pair of racist cops question a black murder suspect. It’s been described as “a devastating critique of institutional racism.” Read on below…
I just learned that the star of the film, Clint Dyer (who plays the black murder suspect) is right here in New York, to present a screening of the film at the Tribeca Screening Room at the Tribeca Film Centre. And you’re all invited, if you can make it. There’s no charge. But you have to RSVP at clint3@hotmail.com.
The screening is tomorrow, Thursday night (July 15), at 5pm, at, Tribeca Film Centre, 375 Greenwich Street (between North Moore St...
I just learned that the star of the film, Clint Dyer (who plays the black murder suspect) is right here in New York, to present a screening of the film at the Tribeca Screening Room at the Tribeca Film Centre. And you’re all invited, if you can make it. There’s no charge. But you have to RSVP at clint3@hotmail.com.
The screening is tomorrow, Thursday night (July 15), at 5pm, at, Tribeca Film Centre, 375 Greenwich Street (between North Moore St...
- 7/14/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Four Lions (15)
(Chris Morris, 2010, UK) Riz Ahmed, Kayvan Novak, Nigel Lindsay, Arsher Ali. 102 mins
Still grasping the nettles others would rather strim over, Morris returns with a suicide-bomb-com that both makes you laugh, and makes you wonder if you should be laughing. Tracking an inept Sheffield terrorist cell with big plans, it's packed with priceless lines and inspired absurdity in an Ealing comedy-meets-In The Loop sort of way. But we're not let off that lightly. These are more than simple caricatures, and as their mission becomes increasingly real, in every sense, we laugh at our peril.
The Back-Up Plan (12A)
(Alan Poul, 2010, Us) Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin. 104 mins
J-Lo returns to reclaim her title as lightweight romcom champion, with another surreally dumb relationship souffle that should have Jennifer Aniston quaking in her fluffy slippers.
Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff (Nc)
(Craig McCall, 2010, UK) 90 mins
Self-explanatory doc about the pioneering British cinematographer,...
(Chris Morris, 2010, UK) Riz Ahmed, Kayvan Novak, Nigel Lindsay, Arsher Ali. 102 mins
Still grasping the nettles others would rather strim over, Morris returns with a suicide-bomb-com that both makes you laugh, and makes you wonder if you should be laughing. Tracking an inept Sheffield terrorist cell with big plans, it's packed with priceless lines and inspired absurdity in an Ealing comedy-meets-In The Loop sort of way. But we're not let off that lightly. These are more than simple caricatures, and as their mission becomes increasingly real, in every sense, we laugh at our peril.
The Back-Up Plan (12A)
(Alan Poul, 2010, Us) Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin. 104 mins
J-Lo returns to reclaim her title as lightweight romcom champion, with another surreally dumb relationship souffle that should have Jennifer Aniston quaking in her fluffy slippers.
Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff (Nc)
(Craig McCall, 2010, UK) 90 mins
Self-explanatory doc about the pioneering British cinematographer,...
- 5/7/2010
- by Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
There's a lot of righteous anger in this new film from the writer of The Long Good Friday, even if it is very stagey, writes Peter Bradshaw
After the jollity of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, and those Tory/Labour Audi Quattro ad campaigns, perhaps it's as well to remember the sheer unfunny nastiness of what was once allowed to happen in police cells. The 1979 play Sus by Barrie Keeffe, legendary screenwriter of The Long Good Friday, has now been adapted by Keeffe himself for the screen, reviving memories of a world before the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, and before people could video police misdemeanours in the street on their mobile phones. A couple of racist coppers bring in a black man for questioning on election night with what they think are grounds for suspicion on a murder charge. But owing to a sinister mix of paranoia and triumphalism,...
After the jollity of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, and those Tory/Labour Audi Quattro ad campaigns, perhaps it's as well to remember the sheer unfunny nastiness of what was once allowed to happen in police cells. The 1979 play Sus by Barrie Keeffe, legendary screenwriter of The Long Good Friday, has now been adapted by Keeffe himself for the screen, reviving memories of a world before the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, and before people could video police misdemeanours in the street on their mobile phones. A couple of racist coppers bring in a black man for questioning on election night with what they think are grounds for suspicion on a murder charge. But owing to a sinister mix of paranoia and triumphalism,...
- 5/6/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
On election day 2010, Film Weekly goes back to election night 1979 with Sus, The Long Good Friday scriptwriter Barry Keefe's first film in 30 years. We also take you back to 1986 with John Cusack's Hot Tub Time Machine, and football fever in 1990 with James Erskine's World Cup documentary One Night in Turin.
But first, a film that's bang up to date with the state we're in: Chris Morris's Four Lions, which tells the tale of a secret cell of British-born Muslim extremists and their hapless attempts to create havoc at the London marathon with bombs, fury and furry animal suits. Musician and actor Riz Ahmed tells Jason Solomons about playing a family man turned wannabe suicide bomber, running in a Honey Monster suit and why the film is not poking fun at terrorism.
Next, Xan Brooks joins in to review the week's key films: the deceptively radical Four Lions,...
But first, a film that's bang up to date with the state we're in: Chris Morris's Four Lions, which tells the tale of a secret cell of British-born Muslim extremists and their hapless attempts to create havoc at the London marathon with bombs, fury and furry animal suits. Musician and actor Riz Ahmed tells Jason Solomons about playing a family man turned wannabe suicide bomber, running in a Honey Monster suit and why the film is not poking fun at terrorism.
Next, Xan Brooks joins in to review the week's key films: the deceptively radical Four Lions,...
- 5/6/2010
- by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Jason Phipps, Observer
- The Guardian - Film News
By promising to reduce 'unnecessary' paperwork, the Tories would remove the last safeguards for stop-and-search victims
Today is the deadline for the government's submission to the European court of human rights requesting that 17 judges reconsider the original decision reached unanimously by seven judges last year – that being stopped and searched without suspicion under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 was a serious violation of the right to privacy. The section 44 test case test case that Kevin Gillan and I took with Liberty set out to demonstrate the scope for misuse and lack of accountability of the power.
Section 44 has often been viewed as Labour's reintroduction of the notorious Sus laws that provoked the 1981 Brixton riots following the police operation "Swamp" – an attempt to cut street crime which used the Sus law to stop more than 1,000 people without suspicion over six days. Recent statistics show that young black people and British Asian...
Today is the deadline for the government's submission to the European court of human rights requesting that 17 judges reconsider the original decision reached unanimously by seven judges last year – that being stopped and searched without suspicion under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 was a serious violation of the right to privacy. The section 44 test case test case that Kevin Gillan and I took with Liberty set out to demonstrate the scope for misuse and lack of accountability of the power.
Section 44 has often been viewed as Labour's reintroduction of the notorious Sus laws that provoked the 1981 Brixton riots following the police operation "Swamp" – an attempt to cut street crime which used the Sus law to stop more than 1,000 people without suspicion over six days. Recent statistics show that young black people and British Asian...
- 4/12/2010
- by Pennie Quinton
- The Guardian - Film News
I was reminded by an email I received today of an enquiry I received over the weekend from a regular S&A reader about an upcoming British film called Sus. I’d never heard of the film before last Saturday and could only assume that it was about the so called “sus laws” which were used prolifically in the 1970s and allowed policemen to stop and search, and even arrest, people they suspected were about to commit a crime. These sus laws were used most heavily, and randomly, against black men in the 70s, causing much discord between Black British communities and the police, and it wasn’t until riots in Bristol, London and Liverpool in 1981 that these laws were dropped.
Turns out I was right. And in my online search for information about the film, it turns out that the screenplay was written by Barrie Keeffe, who penned the seminal 1980 British mobster flick,...
Turns out I was right. And in my online search for information about the film, it turns out that the screenplay was written by Barrie Keeffe, who penned the seminal 1980 British mobster flick,...
- 3/11/2010
- by MsWOO
- ShadowAndAct
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