Six Black British artists have created a series of short protest films for the Bush Theatre.
The theatre reached out to the artists for The Protest, a project curated by associate director Daniel Bailey. He requested that each react in whatever way they chose to the killing of George Floyd, the subsequent protests and the impact of ingrained systemic racism.
Playwright Matilda Ibini, singer, actor and composer Anoushka Lucas, actor and activist Fehinti Balogun, actor and musician Kalungi Ssebandeke, theatre-maker Benedict Lombe and playwright Roy Williams all contributed short video pieces to the project.
A Q&A with Bailey and the artists took place on Instagram Live after the videos were released, and is still available to watch.
Bailey said: “The Bush kneels with the black community at home and aboard as we fight the ongoing pandemic – racism and the oppression of Black People. We asked some of our Bush family to lift their voices in a myriad of ways that mirrors the diversity within the Black community... And this is the result: ‘The Protest’. Black Lives Matter.”
All of the films can be watched on the Bush Theatre’s social channels here.
