That prison is as big a reference point for black America as basketball or the church tells you a lot about racism in US society.
Cézanne in BritainNational Gallery, London, 4 October to 7 January, admission freewww. nationalgallery .org.uk This October marks the 100th anniversary of the death of the artist Paul Cézanne. The National Gallery is celebrating with Cézanne in Britain. Cézanne never came to Britain, yet his work has had a remarkable impact here. This exhibition includes 40 works, with paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints, and covers his wide range of subject matter - portraits, still life and landscapes.
A new CD has been released by the people behind the 2001 film Injustice that told the story of families seeking justice for deaths in police custody.
This is the film about the investigations held in Detroit by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War into the war crimes carried out by the US on the people of south east Asia during the Vietnam War.
Love Sheffield Music Hate RacismCD out now£8 from various Sheffield music shops and www.lmhrsheffield .co.uk Sheffield Love Music Hate Racism have put together a double CD of tracks donated by local bands to raise money for the campaign. The 35 tracks include soul, indie, reggae, drum & bass and funk.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the brutal assassination of Federico Garcia Lorca, widely proclaimed to be Spain’s finest writer. He was murdered at the age of 38 by a fascist militia and thrown into an unmarked grave.
Mandekalou 2Various artistsOut now This CD is a wonderful collection of some of the greatest artists of West African music.
Evelyn Dunbar was the only British woman artist paid by the government to record the Second World War. She painted unsentimental images of the Women’s Land Army that are easily recognised, yet she is largely forgotten in discussions of Second World War art today.
For the mainstream media the political upheavals in Bolivia since the turn of the century culminated in the election of radical president Evo Morales in December last year.
Brick Lane FestivalBrick Lane, east LondonSun 10 Sep As well as the usual mix of music, fashion and food, this year’s festival will include the Chili Film Festival.
Black Watch was the play that took the Edinburgh festival by storm.
