Freedom Week artwork (PDF)

The borders of Bangladesh
were created by the British
partition of India in 1947. In
1971 Bangladesh achieved
independence. In that same
year, the UK’s Bengali
community - a large number
of which still lives in Tower
Hamlets, close to Rich Mix highlighted the atrocities taking
place in Bangladesh, lobbying
British government and raising
funds for refugees and Bengali
freedom fighters. Rich Mix,
East London’s independent
cinema and arts venue,
celebrates the 44th anniversary
of Bangladesh’s Independence
with some of the most exciting,
cutting edge and thoughtprovoking contemporary artists
working in the UK, Bangladesh
and beyond.

THU 5 - SAT 28 DEFYING
THE LAWS OF GRAVITY

Free / Mezzanine Gallery
An arresting photographic
exhibition inspired by the sights
of Dhaka.

FRI 20 MUSIC TO
CHANGE LIVES

8pm / Free / Main Space
Unreserved Seating
Culturepot Global presents
Rezwana Choudhury Bannya
performing Tagore songs.
Plus conversation.

SAT 21 RHYTHMS
FOR PEACE

8pm / £7, £5 concs
Main Space / Standing
Music, film and food. An
exciting collaboration between
musicians from Bangladesh,
Nepal and London.

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FREEDOM
WEEK MARCH 20 – 29
SAT 21 YERMA

7.30pm / £12, £10 concs
Upstairs
Dance with live music.
A Kathak interpretation of
Federico Garcia Lorca’s
anguishing story.

SUN 22 BALLAD
OF FREEDOM

2pm / Free / Main Space
Capturing the spirit and
inspiration that led to the
freedom movement through
music, dance and photography.

SUN 22 MASS E BHAT
LIVE WITH FILMS
FOR FOOD

7.30pm / Free / Main Space
Unreserved Seating
Screening of the documentary
with live score by John Pandit
and the musicians behind the
soundtrack.

MON 23 EDUCATION
- A BIRTH RIGHT

7.30pm / Free / Main Space
Unreserved Seating
Culturepot Global presents
a panel discussion with
innovators in education
including Bangladesh-born
anti-poverty organisation
BRAC.

TUE 24 DRAMA IN THE
MIX SHOWCASE

6.30pm / Free / Main Space
Unreserved Seating
Showcasing the talents of
East London pupils who have
written radio plays on the
theme of freedom.

THU 26 OFF THE GRID +
KHIYO

8pm / Free / Main Space
Unreserved Seating
Film screening + Bengali
heritage music with a London
twist from Khiyo.

FRI 27 THE ALL NIGHT
FREEDOM FESTIVAL
CURATED BY
SOUMIK DATTA

8pm – 8am / £35, £15 concs,
£30 adv / Various Spaces
An unmissable 12 hours of
live music from dusk ‘til dawn.
Award winning composer,
sarod player and Rich Mix artist
in residence Soumik Datta
takes over the entire building
for this festival within a festival.


SUN 29 OF BLOOD
AND FIRE

3pm and 7:30pm / £8, £6
concs Upstairs
Play bringing to life the diary
entries of Bangladeshi writer
and political activist
Jahanara Imam.
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal
Green Road, London, E1 6LA
Trains: Shoreditch High Street
/ Liverpool Street
Buses: 26, 35, 47, 48, 67, 78,
135, 149, 242 & 243
More information and tickets
www.richmix.org.uk
020 7613 7498
@RichMixLondon
#FreedomWeek

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