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Sol B River

@SolBRiver

Writer/director/producer - The eternal optimist ☺

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Joined November 2009
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Pleased for a second award: 'WALK AGAINST FEAR' Couldn’t have done it without Mr Meredith The Telly Awards Silver Winner 2021 General Television Cablefax Awards 2020 Best Overall Content by Genre Winner @tellyawards @PenielJoseph @jeffwilburnvo @TheTVCollective @SmithsonianChan
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Ernest Withers was a key photographer in the Civil Rights movement. He took pictures from the Emmet Till trial to the Memphis Sanitation Strike & beyond. Sol B River’s docudrama explores the man, the motivations & key images in the history of the movement bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002rq…
Secrets and Lies - Double Exposure - BBC Sounds

Secrets and Lies - Double Exposure - BBC Sounds

Documentary drama about civil rights photographer Ernest Withers, by Sol B River.

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I completely lost myself in this docu/drama. Thank you to all involved. #doubleexposure #bbcradio4
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BBC Radio 4, Sat 21 Feb, 3-4pm. ‘@SolBRiver’s documentary-drama about photographer Ernest Withers, who captured the story of the civil rights movement across the USA, from the Emmet Till trial to the Sanitation Workers Strike. However, all the time, he was working for The FBI’
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'Double Exposure' docu/drama this coming Saturday (21st @3pm). #SteveToussaint enormous talent. radiotimes.com/programme/b-h… #bbcradio4
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Samira Ahmed@SamiraAhmedUKFeb 20
This will be excellent. A Must listen..
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'Double Exposure' docu/drama this coming Saturday (21st @3pm). #SteveToussaint enormous talent. radiotimes.com/programme/b-h… #bbcradio4
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'Double Exposure' docu/drama this coming Saturday (21st @3pm). #SteveToussaint enormous talent. radiotimes.com/programme/b-h… #bbcradio4
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I first met Rev. Jesse Jackson when I was a new MP in 1987. He was very smart, warm and hugely charismatic. A direct connection to the great era of civil rights. RIP.
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Tributes are pouring in even as the theatre world reels from the shock death of Brian Heap. The former head of the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at The University of the West Indies Mona campus, Heap, 73, had been quietly ailing. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/…
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@Variety11 Mar 2024
"American Fiction" Oscar-winner Cord Jefferson on what the film's success means: "There is a market for depictions of Black life that are as broad and as deep as any other depictions of people's lives" wp.me/pc8uak-1lDQsB
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»#MarioZagallo« Brazilian football icon, died at age of 92💔 #rip 🕊️ He won 4 WorldCups as player & coach, 58 & 62 as  player, 70 as coach, 94 as technical director, 1998 was coach & managed in 74.   As player played 12 times in the Wc "10 wins & 2 draws scored 2 goals..
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DOC NYC@DOCNYCfest18 Oct 2023
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING Oscar-winning filmmaker @RogerRossWill takes inspiration from @ibramxk's work exploring the history of anti-Black racist ideas and their impact on the US, examining those themes with an array of powerful film techniques. #DOCNYC 2023.docnyc.net/StampedFromT…
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Massive congrats to @ItsFaithOmole on your win last night @AlfredFagonAwrd. Can't wait to see more of your work.
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Meet the AFA shortlist. Faith Omole. “I want to make plays that don’t exploit our experiences but instead humanises them.” Read our Q&A with @ItsFaithOmole bit.ly/46oMdbk
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bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4r4… @brixtonbard
BBC World Service - Outlook, An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning

BBC World Service - Outlook, An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning

How a book-loving prisoner showed a young Alex Wheatle the path to self-belief

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Last chance to see our ★★★★★ exhibition, Hurvin Anderson: Salon Paintings, before it closes this Sunday. We're open all weekend, 10am - 5pm. Plan your visit at hepworthwakefield.org/whats-…
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I recall the family watching 'Shaft' in awe. Much later, I had the experience of sitting and listening to him in an LA restaurant. What a man. Incredible achievements. Richard Roundtree #RichardRoundtree bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…
Richard Roundtree: Shaft actor dies at 81

Richard Roundtree: Shaft actor dies at 81

Roundtree was seen as a ground-breaking player with his portrayal of detective John Shaft.

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RIP, Soldier! #BobbyCharlton
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Here's to you, Horace. #HoraceOvé You're the man. Pressure (1976) by Horace Ové | The first British black film youtu.be/x61G0yGzyRw?feature…
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I don't write poetry, ... but something must have given inspiration. @ianduhig @RememberOluwale
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'Abbensetts became the first black British playwright to be commissioned to write a television drama series with the BBC’s groundbreaking Empire Road'. Was talking about Empire Road just this morning. This recognition is so deserved, and long overdue. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…
Groundbreaking black British playwright to be honoured with blue plaque

Groundbreaking black British playwright to be honoured with blue plaque

Michael Abbensetts was first black British playwright commissioned to write drama series for UK television

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At last!!! The 2022 Dream Reality Radio plays are now available. Well done everyone! dreamrealityradio.com/
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Just goes to show that sometimes you can never tell what's going on in a person's life. New York subway passenger chokehold death sparks protests bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana…

New York subway passenger chokehold death sparks protests

Demonstrators are calling for justice for Jordan Neely, who died after being placed in a chokehold.

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