WEUSI | Productions
Black, Queer & Done (BQD)
is an award-winning intense, emotive, unfiltered documentary exploring the reality of the lived experiences of Black Queer artists and arts practitioners within
the international Arts, Culture
and Media sectors.
Black, Queer
& Done
BQD explores the critical differences between how Black, LGBT+ artists
and arts practitioners navigate
the international media, arts
and cultural sectors, and how
they are treated and portrayed,
versus spoken and unspoken
biases, and perceptions.
BQD features LGBT+ contributors and artists from the UK, Africa and US, capturing real conversations, which often do not reflect those promoted by mainstream media. The film uses compelling shared experience captured via video interview, interspersed with eight artistic pieces, including a variety of practice including spoken word, music, dance, and aerial work, responding to themes explored within the focus group discussions: My Queer Me, The In-Between-Ness and It's Giving Thanks
Production of BQD was originally funded through a Culture Recovery Grant from Arts Council England.
Black, Queer
& Done
The film was subsequently awarded a grant from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Storytelling Fund, enabling the team to tour the film around more than 150 UK and international film festivals, with the film being screened more than 30 times, winning 15 awards, with several finalist, semi-finalist and honourable mention places to date.
This generous funding has also enabled organic and paid promotion, attendance for crew and cast at several UK film festivals, digital development, curation of a film festival, and preparation for general release on Amazon Prime in Spring 2025.
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BLACK, QUEER & DONE GALLERY | WEUSI PRODUCTIONS |
iDENT is a celebration and exploration of Black heritage, histories and futures, through arts, culture and creativity.
The Festival began in August 2019 funded by Coventry City of Culture, taking over Warwick Arts Centre for
a day of keynotes, panels, workshops, visual art, film, live music
and Caribbean food.
iDENT Festival
The second Festival, also funded by Coventry City of Culture through the Heart of England Community Fund, was held online in December 2020,
platformed 21 Black Artists from across a breadth of genres,
including opera, poetry, spoken word, visual art, jazz drumming, contemporary dance, song
and dramatisations.
IDENT FESTIVAL GALLERY | WEUSI PRODUCTIONS |
IDENT FESTIVAL GALLERY | WEUSI PRODUCTIONS |
iDENT returns with an Online Gathering on 8 March, and an all day live Festival and even liver After Party on 29 March 2025, in partnership with a
prestigious central Coventry civic venue.
The full programme will feature Black Artists and Arts Professionals in talks and panels, performing book, poetry and spoken word readings, music, dance and DJ sets, leading professional, personal, spiritual and well-being workshops, film, comedy and more.
iDENT Festival
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