{"id":12179,"date":"2022-03-14T10:37:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T10:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/?page_id=12179"},"modified":"2022-04-13T01:23:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T00:23:16","slug":"film-and-literature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/film-and-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Film and Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_custom color_primary with_shape\"><div class=\"l-section-shape type_triangle-2 pos_bottom\" style=\"height:6vh;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 8\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\">\r\n\t<path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M64 8 L0 8 L0 0 L48 7.9 L64 0 Z\"\/>\r\n<\/svg><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_title entry-title color_link_inherit\">Film and Literature<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_916d5e53 height_custom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_12109 cols_3 pagination_ajax overflow_hidden\" id=\"us_grid_1\" style=\"--gap:15px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:1024px){#us_grid_1 .w-grid-item{width:50%}}@media (max-width:600px){#us_grid_1 .w-grid-list{margin:0}#us_grid_1 .w-grid-item{width:100%;padding:0;margin-bottom:var(--gap,0px)}}.layout_12109 .w-grid-item-h{background:var(--color-footer-bg);border-radius:1.25rem;box-shadow:0 0.04rem 0.08rem 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has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-film-and-literature\" data-id=\"13794\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/alex-haley\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Alex Haley\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/alex-haley\/\">Alex Haley<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13787 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-film-and-literature\" data-id=\"13787\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/alex-wheatle-mbe\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Alex Wheatle MBE\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/alex-wheatle-mbe\/\">Alex Wheatle MBE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Alex Wheatle MBE is a British novelist, who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment after the 1981 Brixton riots in London.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13780 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-film-and-literature\" data-id=\"13780\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/aminatta-forna-obe\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Aminatta Forna OBE\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/aminatta-forna-obe\/\">Aminatta Forna OBE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">The Devil that Danced on the Water (2002), Forna&#8217;s first book, received wide critical acclaim across the UK and the US. It was broadcast on&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13773 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-film-and-literature\" data-id=\"13773\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/angela-wynter\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Angela Wynter\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/angela-wynter\/\">Angela Wynter<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">She is known for her role as Yolande Trueman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, appearing from 2003 to 2008<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-12615 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-film-and-literature\" data-id=\"12615\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/ayuba-suleiman-diallo\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Ayuba Suleiman Diallo\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/ayuba-suleiman-diallo\/\">Ayuba Suleiman Diallo<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">He is notable for his success in gaining his freedom, and his production of Arabic texts in England in the early eighteenth century.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-12374 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-film-and-literature\" data-id=\"12374\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie\/\">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">She is a writer and a feminist. 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