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1. Official Trailer – “TURNING POINT” (R&D) – Velda …

   With the completion of our R&D we are pleased and so proud to launch #1 of 3 Official Trailers for our latest work, Turning Point – supported by Arts Council England. Click here to view Official Trailer – “TURNING POINT” (R&D) – Velda We continue our focus on Black awakening in the Americas after WW1, […]

2. Exploring the impact of WW1 across the Americas: New Negroes …

   1903: In “The Souls of Black Folk” W. E. B. du bios writes of the need for mental healing after racialised enslavement and colonial rule, “It is a peculiar sensation, this double consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others … two souls, two unrecognised strivings, two warring ideals […]

3. Mutiny resource: A message to teachers and heritage sector learning …

   Teachers and heritage groups across the Americas: Thank you so much for your engagement with our Mutiny resource. UK teachers and heritage groups: We are very keen to connect with anyone else exploring how ‘Mutiny’ can inspire and/or bring to life lesson plans and interpretation linking uncomfortable (national) history and modern identity and diversity – […]

4. Turning Point: Sweet Patootee Arts’ R&D project Supported by Arts Council England

   Update – 30thJan. 2019 Small cheer, huge congratulations and many thanks. We can proudly announce the successful completion of principle photography for Turning Point’s r&d – our dramatic performances featuring two remarkable talents Veronica Beatrice Lewis, and, Ashley Gayle.  “Being a Black woman in a rehearsal space can be a hard, competitive and silencing place […]

5. MUTINY RESOURCE NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME: Black British West Indies WW1 veterans tell their story

   With a 2019’s February Black History Month now upon us, it’s my pleasure to let you know that our Mutiny documentary resource is also now available on Amazon Prime.   Unique on-camera first hand testimonies of Black-British veterans, official documents and a wealth of archive photos tell an epic story of WW1 and the Black struggle […]

6. Mutiny documentary now available: Black British West Indies’ experience of WW1

   The reversion of “Mutiny”, our documentary resource on the Black West Indies’ experience of WW1, is now on general release for streaming audiences – on Vimeo on Demand. Here is the link: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/160987 Mutiny includes extracts from unique video oral testimonies of WW1 era Black British West Indian women and veterans, that have inspired our […]

7. Turning Point, our new combined Arts Project, commences R&D:

   A first success for Sweet Patootee Arts! The Arts Council of England has approved our application for Research & Development funding, allowing us to commence work on our new Combined Arts project, ‘Turning Point’: an immersive mix of vignette performance, soundscape and montaged imagery.   Research & Development inspired by our testimony of Black British WW1 […]