Project:
Breaking the Chains Exhibition to commemorate the abolition of the slave trade.
Role:
Research, outreach & engagement, video recorded interviews, picture archive research and sourcing, copywriting and fact checking.
Breaking the Chains was an exhibition recording Windrush generation stories of school, church and family life growing up in the Caribbean. The Windrush generation is so-called after the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush at Tilbury Dock in 1948, marking the beginning of post-war mass migration. Sweet Patootee supplied a variety of content for the exhibition. We recorded interviews, sourced pictures for the galleries, wrote and fact checked interpretation text, and conducted research.
Breaking the Chains Logo: Matt Maurer
Inspiring, compelling and diverse stories
Sweet Patootee Arts serves to tell heritage stories from the archives that can be retold and reshared for learning and educational purposes as well. You can access some of these archives for free on our Resources page.