LENGEND Based on footage shot in the early seventies and lost for more than thirty years, NAACP IMAGE AWARD winner Esther Anderson takes us on a to journey Jamaica and into 56 HOPE ROAD, Kingston, to see and hear the young Bob Marley before he was famous. Q&A with director Esther Anderson and co-director Gian Godoy. Venue: PCS Headquarters, 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London SW11 2LN, (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction.) Time: 7pm (doors 6.30pm). Adm: £5. Info: 0208 881 0660 Wed 16 Oct ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE: THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY The film covers slavery, civil-rights activists, assassinations in the ‘60s, and explores methods used by police, the FBI, and the CIA to divide and destroy the key figures in the Black Panthers. Watch as they explore beyond the Panther history to more recent times. Children under 16 are free Venue: PCS Headquarters, 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London SW11 2LN, (3 minutes walk. Mon 21 Oct LUMUMBA: DEATH OF A PROPHET (Cert: Exempt) Film Screening and Q&A. The film offers a unique opportunity to reconsider the life and the legacy of one of the legendary figures of modern African history. Like Malcolm X, Patrice Lumumba is remembered less for his lasting achievements than as an enduring symbol of the struggle for selfdetermination. This deeply personal reflection by acclaimed film maker Raoul Peck on the events of Lumumba’s brief twelve month rise and fall is a moving memorial to a man described as a giant, a prophet, a devil, “a mystic of freedom”, and the “Elvis Presley” of African politics. Refreshments Donations will be welcomed. Free Venue: Marcus Garvey Library, Library Ground Floor, Tottenham Green Leisure Centre 1 Philip Lane, London N15 4JA. 79pm. Adm: Free. Info: 0208 489 5350. Wed 23 Oct SAPPHIRE (1959) This 1959 film was directed by Basil Dearden. In 1950s London racial hostility to Commonwealth immigrants is openly paraded. A pregnant girl, initially assumed to be white, is murdered. As two detectives start to investigate, and discover her racial origins were much more mixed, public prejudices and those of the officers themselves are exposed. Venue: Minet Library, 52 Knatchbull Road, SE5 9QY. 2pm. Info: 0207 926 6073 Wed 23 Oct LINCOLN (Cert 12). Steven Spielberg directs Lincoln, a revealing drama that focuses on America’s 16th President’s 2nd term in office and his battle to end slavery and
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mbitious, driven and gorgeous Kyla Frye is an award-winning actress and model from East London, hailed by Future Leaders magazine as one of Britain’s ‘100 most outstanding young graduates’. Both of Kyla’s parents forged successful careers in the entertainment industry, so she naturally developed a passion for the performing arts at an early age. Aged just two she made her camera debut in 1990, beating more than 2,000 entrants to win TV Toddler of the Year, a competition launched by BBC1-s popular daytime programme Open Air, hosted by Eamonn Holmes. The young star was rewarded with an appearance in the music video for British folk singer Tanita Tikaram’s hit “We Almost Got it Together”, and gained further experience performing in theatrical productions at infant school. Over the next few years, she would travel to South Africa and the Czech Republic to sing with her school choir, and attend Jennifer Hayley’s stage school where Kyla learnt drama, ballet, modern, tap, and contemporary jazz dancing, alongside classmate and future Sugababes singer Jade Ewen. While still in her teens, Kyla joined street dance troupes Boy Blue Entertainment and Estate of the Arts, and honed her skills competing in the International Street Dance Championships and performing at venues such as Wembley Arena and Sadler’s Wells. Around the same time, she began nurturing a previously undeveloped passion for acting and joined Theatre Royal Stratford East’s Youth Theatre and Identity
Drama School and Agency. “All I wanted to do was, as an actor, take ownership of my craft and take my career in the direction that I wanted it to go,” says Kyla.
She was nominated for her passion and dedication towards her craft, and for also inspiring future generations. Kyla Frye is considered a talent and a powerhouse to look out for. Her commitment led to further acting work and by the following year she was nominated for Best British Actress at the Black Filmmakers Awards for her role in The Hydra, which won Best Film on the night. In 2010, Kyla collected Black Entertainment, Film, Fashion, Television and Arts (BEFFTA) awards for Best Model, and in 2011 was nominated for Best Film Actress, respectively.
Additionally, in 2011, she received a Black Youth Achievement award in honour of her work in the performing arts and now represents the organisation as an ambassador. Kyla also featured in comedian Angie Le Mar’s play, Younger Brothers and in a series of productions at Soho Theatre including Noel Clarke’s, “The Play”. More recently, Kyla made her big screen debut in Sheila Nortley’s Zion and celebrated the premiere of her first feature film, The Naked Poet, directed by Jason Barrett. Adding a business strand to her bow, the actor and model widened her resumé when she set up her own production company in 2013. Kyla Fryeday Entertainment Ltd gave Kyla the opportunity to release her filmmaking debut, The Key, which she declares is not another “urban” company that perpetuates the “bootyshaking, blinged out, hood-rat” ideologies. “I was tired of complaining about the stereo-typecasting and the lack of opportunities within the industry for people of colour and decided to actively try to do something about it,” says Kyla. “The Key was about creating that change and working with people who wanted to be a part of that change also. We deal with REAL stories, for and by REAL people.” The film has been seen by over 21,000 people on TV. It is also the most watched of all the British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) shows on BBC iPlayer. The Key has since gone on to be screened at Channel 4 and was also an official selection for film festival, Caribbean Film Corner. Watch out for Kyla in the feature film, Edge of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise. www.kylafrye.com 65