Black History Month 2016 - appeal
This year's Black History Month - starting Saturday, 1 October - will showcase a number of exciting events both throughout the UK.
The Met’s Strategic Diversity and Inclusion team, together with the Black Police Association and YOUMANITY, will be producing a film short (two minutes) celebrating interracial marriages.
Entitled “for richer, for poorer”, it will highlight those difficulties couples from different racial backgrounds may have had to face. Fully narrated by someone who has experienced such challenges, it will demonstrate how, in the end, regardless of racial extractions, love conquers all.
This project is under th epatronage of the European Commission.
How to get involved
We would like to appeal to members and patrons with access to any photographic or film material to please come forward.
We are particularly looking for photographs from the 1950s, 60s and 70s. These can be images or footage of family gatherings, outings and, of course, photographs of marriages. All photographs need to portray mixed couples, Afro-Caribbean /White or Afro-Caribbean /other ethnic extractions.
Sharing your experiences
If you would like to share your family photographs for this unique historical project, please email one@youmanity.today at your earliest convenience.
Your photographs will be duly credited. All submissions will be used - but must be submitted in time for final editing w/c 19 September 2016.
“for richer, for poorer” will be premiered at the Met’s Black History Month 2016 celebrations - calendar to follow.
The video below was produced for BHM 2015
