Injustice + Defiance. Film + book talk with Janet Alder

Essential film about police killings and Janet’s 28 year fight for justice for her brother Christopher, the first custody death shown on TV

Watch film trailer HERE

Order the book Defiance HERE

Double event of Ken Fero’s award-winning film about police brutality that was banned by BBC, Channel 4, ITV etc and pulled from cinemas PLUS book launch/talk of Defiance written by Janet Alder who is in the documentary.

Ex-paratrooper of Nigerian descent Christopher Alder (Janet’s brother) was arrested on March 31st 1998 in a fit physical condition but 24 hours later he was filmed dying in Hull police station with his trousers around his ankles. A brief summary of what happened next includes:

• Police destroyed Christophers clothes
• Police dry cleaned their own uniforms
• Police washed out the van Christopher was transported in
• Police refused to release the video of his death
• Police assigned undercover officers to spy on Janet
• Police gave Janet the wrong body to bury
• Police used parts of Christopher’s body for training purposes with cadets
• Janet took the government to the European Court of Human Rights in 2011 and won her case
• Janet is still fighting for justice in an ongoing story of Black British Civil rights

The film will be followed by a Q&A with Janet and co-author Dan Glazebrook.The book will be on sale on the day but can be bought in advance HERE

This is an African Odysseys film screening, previously at BFI Southbank for 17 years until BFI cancelled it with no consultation of the Black community

There will also be a discussion on activism/BLM and 60 years since the 1965 Race Relations Act. This is part of a year long series of events in recognition that its now 60 years since this equality law was passed and the struggle continues. For example institutions like the BFI ignoring equality legislation by refusing to run a Race Equality Impact Assessment before cancelling the popular, anti-racist, educational film programme, African Odysseys.

This very event would have been held at the more central,bigger taxpayer-funded BFI Southbank but for the BFI ignoring 17,400 people who signed to the petition to keep the monthly anti-racist film series.

The petition is supported by people like Akala, Adoah Anjoh, Rudolph Walker, Terry Jervis, Professor Gus John, Professor Paul Gilroy, Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, Professor Cecil Gutzmore, Dr Margaret Busby, Dr Ken Fero, Bishop Rosemarie Mallet and many more. Please add your signature below to fight this injustice

Previously at the BFI Southbank for 17 years, African Odysseys is now hosting films across London due to systemic racism at the BFI which cancelled the popular,monthly programme there. There will be an update at the screening.Full details HERE

Other coming events from Black History Walks

• Harlem in Mayfair walk
• Black History bus tour
• Black history river cruise
• Black History helicopter tour
• Windrush double bill
• Ibrahim Traore day
• Black history steam train trip
• How to fight racism at the British Film Institute
• Black History walks volume 1 book signing
• 60 years of Black history success 1/20
• World wars and Black soldiers

Save 17 years of Black film history at the BFI, sign petition and add your voice to the 17,400 demanding race equality at the British Film Institute HERE