Visions of Black Liberation
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Visions of Black Liberation

Leicester’s Black People’s Liberation Party and the wider Black Power movement in the city, told first-hand.

Visions of Black Liberation

Visions of Black Liberation

Visions of Black Liberation

Leicester’s Black People’s Liberation Party and the wider Black Power movement in the city, told first-hand.

About the film

A documentary exploring Leicester’s Black People’s Liberation Party and the wider Black Power movement in the city. Through first-hand testimony, the film records the experiences of people involved in grassroots organising, activism and the struggle for racial justice.

Malik El Hajj and Alderman Joseph Allen share their experience of the BPLP.

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.
Maya Angelou, as quoted on the film poster

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