Resources

Literature (UK + Europe)

  • Natives – Akala 
  • Why I’m No Longer Talking 
    to White People About Race     – Reni Eddo-Lodge 
  • Black and British – David Olusoga 
  • Black Tudors – Miranda Kaufmann 
  • Brit(ish) – Afua Hirsch 
  • The Good Immigrant – ed. Nikesh Shukla
  • Don’t Touch My Hair – Emma Dabiri 
  • Staying Power – Peter Fryer 
  • The World’s War – David Olusoga
  • Black Skin, White Masks – Frantz Fanon 
  • Orientalism – Edward Said 
  • Small Island / The Long Song – Andrea Levy
  • Noughts & Crosses – Malorie Blackman 

Literature (US) 

  • The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander 
  • Souls of Black Folk – W. E. B DuBois 
  • The Good Immigrant USA 
    ed. Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman
  • Anything by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Filmography (Documentaries) – the BBC docs can be found on Box of Broadcasts 

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  • Hello Privilege, It’s Me Chelsea (Netflix)
  • Black is the New Black (BBC) 
  • Black Hollywood: They Gotta Have Us (BBC)
  • Black and British: A Forgotten History (BBC) 
  • Britain’s Forgotten Slaveowners (BBC)
  • Battle for Britain’s Heroes (Channel 4)
  • Alt. History (BBC iPlayer) – David Olusoga,
    Gaika, Emma Dabiri and Olivette Otele
  • 13th (Netflix) – Dir. Ava DuVernay

Filmography (Feature Films) 

  • Belle (2013) – Dir. Amma Asante (British film on Netflix)
  • Dear White People (2014) – Dir. Justin Simien 
  • Bamboozled (2000) – Dir. Spike Lee
  • School Daze (1988) – Dir. Spike Lee
  • Selma (2014) – Dir. Ava DuVernay (on Netflix / Box of Broadcasts)
  • Mudbound (2017) – Dir. Dee Rees (on Netflix)
  • To Sir, with Love (1966) – Dir. James Clavell (Box of Broadcasts)
  • She’s Gotta Have It (1986) – Dir. Spike Lee 

Filmography (Television)

  • When They See Us (2019) – (US, Netflix) 
  • Toy Boy / Toy Boy Summerhouse (UK, Netflix)
  • Dear White People (2017 – present) – (US, Netflix)
  • She’s Gotta Have It (2017 – present) – (US, Netflix)
  • Sanditon (2019) – (UK, ITV)
  • Les Misérables – (2018) – (UK, BBC)
  • The Spanish Princess (2019) – (UK-US, Amazon Prime)

Filmography (YouTube) 

  • “The Danger of the Single Story” – Chimimanda Ngozi-Adichie 
  • Hip Hop & Shakespeare? – Akala