Unlawful Killing: Protest banners | Series 3 Episode 6
In the second part on protest banners, we hear from the families who have contributed to INQUEST’s own memorial banners; two covering England/Wales and one for Scotland. These inspiring banners are made up of different squares stitched together with each section representing individual stories. The families talk about the different stories behind the stitch work, the people they commemorate and the positive experience that came out of working on the banners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Unlawful Killing: Protest Banners Part 1 | Series 3 Episode 5
Continuing with the artistic theme, this episode focuses on visual power of the protest banner. Lucy and Lee talk to campaigner Susan Alexander, whose son Azelle Rodney, an unarmed Black man, was fatally shot by a Met Police officer just a week after his 24th birthday. Susan talks about the heavy toll of state failures on her and her family and how art is both a tonic for grief and a tool for community campaigning. Susan commissioned a banner in memory of Azelle, in his favourite colour blue, to take along to United Friends and Families Campaign marches, which memorialise lost loved ones. She tells Lucy and Lee about the banner — made by trade union and protest banner-making extraordinaire Ed Hall — and the impact it has on her and others when carrying it on the marches. Find out more about the United Friends and Families Campaign (UFFC) (https://uffcampaign.org/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Unlawful Killing: Artistic Voices Part 2 | Series 3 Episode 4
Unlawful Killing: Artistic Voices Part 1 | Series 3 Episode 3
Campaigning work often takes many forms, and using the arts to protest can be just as effective as any other means. In this episode, Lucy speaks to Lee Jarman and Sarah Kadri, who are part of LUNG Theatre — a campaign-led charity which works with communities and bereaved families to develop verbatim productions as a vehicle to campaign for change. Lee’s brother Kevin died a self-inflicted death the day after he was put on an indeterminate IPP jail sentence at HMP Woodhill in 2013. Lee and Sarah speak about LUNG’s powerful movement piece on the people who have died at Woodhill and the significance of verbatim theatre in bringing protesting families together as well as reaching new audiences.Find out more about LUNG theatre (https://www.lungtheatre.co.uk/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Unlawful Killing: Legacy Part 2 | Series 3 Episode 2
The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 is a scandalous stain on British history. The fire claimed 72 lives but despite the relentless battle families and campaigners have faced, no one has yet been brought to justice. However, this hasn’t stopped survivors and bereaved families fighting to make sure the legacy of Grenfell’s victims lives on. Lucy and Lee talk to Sandra Ruiz from the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission. Sandra speaks about the importance of collective community action and how that has helped relatives and survivors take ownership of the decision-making process in the ways Grenfell is memorialised, including the more organic methods of remembering those who died.Find out more about the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission (https://www.grenfelltowermemorial.co.uk/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Every year hundreds of people die preventable deaths at the hands of police, whilst in prison, or in the care of mental health services in the UK. Some of the names you’ll know. Most of them you won’t. Bereaved families are left fighting for answers, demanding justice, and campaigning for change, in a system that is stacked against them.Drawing on four decades of campaigning and in conversation with those at the forefront of these struggles, hosts Lee Lawrence and Lucy Brisbane shine a light on injustice, amplify stories of resistance that need to be heard and explore the best way forward. https://www.inquest.org.uk/podcastA podcast by INQUEST, the only charity fighting for justice alongside families bereaved by deaths involving the state, including police, prison and mental health services.Support this show https://www.inquest.org.uk/donate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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