First Cut

26/09/2023

Please help save the West Indian Sports and Social Club & community centre (WISSC) from a development by MSV Housing Group.

Petition link (requires email validation) – https://smpl.is/7u0em

See: https://smpl.is/7u0ep

Join the Whatsapp group - https://smpl.is/7u0eo

18/05/2023

COMMUNITY PORTRAIT OF MOSS SIDE: FREE PHOTOGRAPHY, WRITING AND MAGAZINE MAKING WORKSHOPS.
Join the Powerhouse Portraits Project and be part of a group creating a community portrait of and around Moss Side, have your work featured in a vibrant magazine and exhibition, also create your own photo album to take home. A set of 6 free workshops for young people aged from 13 years up to 18 years or so, living around or near the Moss Side area. Beginning on 23rd May the workshops take place every Tuesday 5pm-7pm at Powerhouse Community Centre and Library, 140 Raby Street, Moss Side M14 4SL.
The workshops are led by visual artist Leo Macdonald-Oulds from Segment Arts, writer Nasima Bee from Young Identity, artist and photographer Ian Johns from First Cut Media and co-produced by digital artist Kooj Chuhan from Crossing Footprints. This is a fantastic opportunity to create something special that will have both artistic and community value for years to come. If you are interested, please sign up via our Eventbrite page at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/powerhouse-portraits-project-1318-year-olds-tickets-626925921307 .
The set of workshops are repeated for two other age ranges, firstly 8-12 years on Mondays after school and older adults / seniors on Tuesday afternoon. This will create an intergenerational portrayal for the final exhibition and magazine. For more details, contact us at [email protected] or go to segmentarts.org

Free photography and magazine making workshops for residents of the Moss Side area.

11/03/2022

The Migration Stories project aims to transform history and invites you, your friends or people you work with to get involved. If you'd like to research the stories of people who migrated any time from ancient history to WWII around Greater Manchester, why not join us? We will provide training, good support and expenses. It’ll get going fully in early May 2022 and grow over a few months, but we're starting some introductory sessions from 31st March. We aim to re-frame migration as historically fundamental to the UK and produce valuable resources and media - more info at https://crossingfootprints.com/migration-stories-get-involved/ .

An Invitation to Get Involved! Would you like to research the story of someone who migrated any time from ancient history to WWII in North West England? The Migration Stories project will provide t…

26/02/2021

V important survey into statues etc that celebrate slavery profiteers among other things, and a great event incl. Gary Younge, please share so it gets out there...

An inspiring panel of speakers including journalist Gary Younge, Historians Hakim Adi and Alan Rice, and youth worker Kerin Morris will present their views on Manchester’s current review of s…

02/06/2020

Important to recognise the UK has it's own systemic embedded racism and human rights violations causing numerous deaths by police and nobody has ever been prosecuted. This is nothing new, but the degree of public awareness has increased. The question is whether it can build, and in a way that generates real change.

19/05/2020

Worth a watch - a recent demonstration outside GM Police against tasering of Black people; video edited by Kooj.

Statement from the protestors: On Saturday the 16th of May a collective of Manchester based activists organised a socially distant protest outside the Greate...

23/09/2019

Justice Rights and Resistance event v soon now on Weds 25th - here's a quick preview of the 'Declaration' gig that's a part of it. Please spread the word and try and come esp as it's a benefit for an important cause, also celebrating 30 years of the GM Immigration Aid Unit. We really need as many people turning up on the night as possible. FB event page https://www.facebook.com/events/2276898772428217/ . More info at http://metaceptive.net/migration-justice-rights-resistance/ .

06/02/2019

Petition to keep a father of three British children in the UK who has lived nearly all his life here, and also the plight of another 50 people in a repeat of the Windrush scandal. Plus info about a letter to MP's if you can.

Release Owen Haisley and the 50+ passengers being deported on Wednesday 6th Feb!

22/06/2018

First Cut Media have led on the production of an incredible project 'Women Of The Soil' about the activism of Manchester black women. Two keynote documentary films were produced plus another 25 films of detailed interviews, each lasting between 30 and 45 minutes as an historical archive. The Women Of The Soil project focuses on the professional achievements of Manchester black women and their activism within the community. [ 276 more words ]

An incredible project 'Women Of The Soil' about the activism of Manchester black women. Two keynote documentary films plus another 25 films of interviews.