Updated 8th October 2021
On 29th October at 7pm, the Wellingborough Young Producers are hosting a watch party where they will release the full #SpeakYourTruth film with introduction from poets Yomi Sode and Gina Myrie.
For more info on how to get involved, email lauren@wartsandalltheatre.co.uk
Over the last 8 months, Warts and All have been producing a series of powerful videos with their Young Producers in Wellingborough as part of Borough Bash. Each piece of poetry was written to be deliberately provocative, bold and based on personal responses to the Black Lives Matter movement. For more information about the project visit #SpeakYourTruth.
Watch ALL the videos below.
#SpeakYourTruth No.1 – Solar Eclipse by Hannah-Marie McLean Pyle
Aged 13 from Northampton
Released on 25th May 2021, a year to the day since George Floyd’s death.
#SpeakYourTruth No.2 – A poem by Hayyan Farooq
Aged 14 from Wellingborough
Released on the 9th June 2021, the anniversary of Paul Ince becoming the first black captain of the senior men’s England football team.
#SpeakYourTruth No.3 – A poem by Ramayne Logan
Aged 17 from Wellingborough
Released on the 12th June 2021, the anniversary of the day Ramayne and her friends organised a BLM protest in Northamptonshire.
#SpeakYourTruth No.4 – A poem by Ross Da Costa
Aged 21 from Wellingborough
Released 22nd June 2021, the anniversary of the day the Empire Windrush arrived in Britain.
#SpeakYourTruth No.5 – A perfect society by Kia Stimpson
Aged 12 from Northampton
Released on the 2nd July 2021, the anniversary of the Civil Rights Act being enacted in America, making it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race.
#SpeakYourTruth No.6 – My thoughts on being black by Adriel Magadu
Aged 13 from Northampton
Released on 4th July 2021, American Independence day.
#SpeakYourTruth No.7 – Listen by Nicole Harris
Aged 21 from Northampton
Released on 6th July 2021, the anniversary of Althea Gibson becoming the first Black Wimbledon champion.
Warning: Contains strong language
#SpeakYourTruth No.8 – WHY by Antonia Ogunrinade
Aged 17 from Northampton
Released on 5th August 2021, on the anniversary of Nelson Mandela being imprisoned for attempting to overthrow South Africa’s apartheid rule.
#SpeakYourTruth No.9 – A poem by Victor Musasa
Aged 12 from Northampton
Released on 9th August 2021, on the anniversary of the murder of Michael Brown by police.
#SpeakYourTruth No.10 – Power of white privilege by Elias Chambers
Aged 21 from Northampton
Released on 28th August 2021, on the anniversary of Martin Luther King delivering the landmark ‘I have a dream’ speech.
#SpeakYourTruth No. 11 – Idol Eyes by Destiny Sanyalou
Aged 21 from Northampton
Released on 1st September 2021, the same date 56 years prior, in 1965, the Race Relations Act made it illegal to refuse housing, services & employment on the grounds of ethnicity.
Warning: Contains images of Violence
#SpeakYourTruth No. 12 – A poem by Chelsea Annan
Aged 13 from Wellingborough
Released on 17th September 2021, to commemorate Florence Griffith-Joyner setting world records of 10.49 seconds in the 100m.
#SpeakYourTruth No.13 – Cards by Ehi Robinson
Aged 18 from Northampton
The final #SpeakYourTruth film of the series, released on 1st October, to recognise the beginning of Black History Month.
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