Culture Shock talk - Strategies of Power: Narrative Storytelling & Migrant Histories
12 Mar
Culture Shock
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Tina Gharavi, filmmaker and lecturer at Newcastle University, will screen a recent documentary, The King of South Shields, about the marriage of Muhammad Ali in South Shields in 1979 and discuss her engagement work with various communities (including the South Shields Yemeni-British who received Ali when he visited).
She will explore issues around collecting digital stories, marginalised and endangered narratives. She will also discuss her most recent project, Ali in Wonderland, a feature film about teenage asylum seekers in the North East: a coming of age story with a difference.
Talk begins at 12.15pm. All talks are free and last 90 minutes. To book a free place please email cultureshock@twmuseums.org.uk or call (0191) 277 2297 stating which talk you wish to attend.