We are so fortunate to have Emmanuel on as a guest. He generously made time to speak to us from his home in Mount Pleasant. He is a filmmaker, writer, director and journalist and founder of BUFF (British Urban Film Festival).  During this episode we discover shared fond memories of 70s TV, nerdy fonts love, Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth,  Judas and The Black Messiah and 80s Soul plus chat about the success of the Clare Anyiam-Osigwe film No Shade and updates on BUFF now being available on Apple TV!

The website: www.britishurbanfilmfestival.co.uk

Twitter: @buffconnects

Instagram: @buffconnects 

Dan de la Motte is a writer, performer, historian, curator and creator. He is also on the Equity committee for Variety, Circus and Entertainers. Lil and Dan chat about being  working class artistes, Queer Activism,  his Auntie's Elvis impersonations and of course all things London, Polari and Mum Rock.

More about Dan:
Twitter @Dandelamotte
Insta dandelamotte
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DandelaMotte

15 May Hosting the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention  at Bishopsgate Institute,
 
20 - 29 May  curating FRIENDSHIP CIRCLES at Platform Southwark. Events include:

25 May CELEBRATING GAY'S THE WORD
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/5939/celebrating-gays-the-word-bookshop

26 May CELEBRATING PETER TATCHELL
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/5945/celebrating-peter-tatchell
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24 May - 13 June Live To Tell: (A Proposal For) The Madonna Jukebox Musical at Battersea Arts Centre.

This audio adaptation, by Lil Warren, stars the cast from the, OFFIE commended and SOLD OUT promenade theatre production  of HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES performed at Abney Park by 09 Lives Theatre. (**** “atmospheric and hugely entertaining”) The company rehearsed and recorded this performance all in their own homes during lockdown. Ambient (socially distanced) recordings taken at dawn and dusk in Abney Park have also been woven into the Sound Design by Yvonne Gilbert.