'Some people say it’s too soon and also too traumatic to show this drama, others ... may welcome some of the truth being shared about their [experiences].
... Will you watch it, or is it [still] too raw? You are the only one that can decide.'
#Breathtaking #ITVx #MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Drama #Film #BAFTAs
"Homegoing (2016), by Yaa Gyasi is a double person recommendation that I’m passing on to you.
What a book!
It is a slim 300 pages that starts with this Akan proverb (translated to English): “The family is like the forest: if you are outside it is dense; if you are inside you see that each tree has its own position.”
"I wasn’t convinced that I would want to spend around 6 hours watching Boat Story, but the main actors - Paterson Joseph and Daisy Haggard quickly persuaded me to hang in there.
Billed as a criminal thriller comedy, Boat Story easily piqued my interest ... "
'Do you remember DVDs?
I still have a number of them.
Over the past two days Virgin Media decided that it was not urgent to fix the broadband in my area ...
So I chose my CASS (2008)DVD as my viewing material for the evening.'
https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/cass-thoughts
#DVD #Thoughts #MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Writer #Football #Hooligan #Cass
Emotional Archaeology aka Uncovering What Family Really Is ... chosen, biological, sacred or something else?
What exactly does family mean to you? To me, it's ... many conflicting things. This week's newsletter's thoughts brought on by watching the TV comedy series 'Uncle'
#EmotionalArchaeology #EmotionalIntelligence #Family
#Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings
https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/till
"Till (2022), directed by Chinonye Chukwu, opens with a happy driving scene of a mother and her young teenage child, smiling and singing together in August 1955. ...
Even this one minute introductory scene is hard to watch because the true story of Emmett Till is a part of history, and is fairly well known. The dramatic loss is present in each heartbeat they share."
"Some things keep you up at night.
This newsletter topic is one of the things that makes me restless.
I often wonder about Dean Ablakwa, a man I have never met, but one I am seriously concerned about.
Here’s why …"
https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/whatever-happened-to-dean-ablakwa
#Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #HostileEnvironment #HomeOffice #Stateless #Ghana #UK
"Before the internet (yes, there was more time before the internet than there has been since its invention) people shared more on a personal level, in a one-to-one nature.
If you were happy, curious, or intrigued, people around you were there to celebrate, investigate, and explore with you.
If you were ill, sad, or lonely, people around you had a workable solution for your immediate need."
https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/the-power-of-community-healing-and?
#Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #AmWriting #Writer #Community #Health #Loss
The Perfect Find - Thoughts
Who doesn't like a romantic comedy?
The Veranda Poems by Jean 'Binta' Breeze - how I hear the poems in her voice.
"I have sat on Jamaican verandahs in my two visits to the birth country of my parents. I have never sat on Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze’s verandah. Yet, as I read through this book of poems I could imagine being with her on her verandah, hearing the poems in her voice."
#Poetry #JeanBintaBreeze #Jamaica #DubPoetry #Poet #Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #Friendship
"I am a part of the Windrush Generation, however my parents were not on the HMT Windrush that arrived in Tilbury, Essex on 22 June 1948.
My mother (& siblings) arrived in Southampton aboard the TN Ascania on 25 June 1958, they were four of the 567 passengers on board; that is when my personal Windrush generation history really started in the UK."
#Windrush75 #Ascania65 #WindrushGeneration #Migration #Caribbean #Britain #HostileEnvironment #Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings
https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/liverpool-biennial-world-refugee?sd=pf
Liverpool Biennial, World Refugee Week, Windrush 75
A glut of events and occasions that demand attention and thought:
Migration, British Empire, Colonialism, Cultural erasure, Names, uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things
#LiverpoolBiennial #Liverpool #WorldRefugeeWeek #Windrush75 #Migration #Colonialism #AfricanHolocaust #HumanTrafficking #BritishEmpire #Names #Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #AmWriting
Plants R Us
How important are plants? Is there a household limit? Is a withered plant a symbol of unattended grief?
"Watching plants mature gives a sense of wellbeing, and purpose.
I enjoy looking at the plants as they grow - did you know there is a ‘thing’ about people who have lots of plants?
You know the saying ‘crazy cat lady’? Well, that’s now applied to people with many plants, apparently."
"Gods and Monsters.
Monsters don’t always look like the dream image - or should I say nightmare, that we conjure up for ourselves. They do not usually have warning signs tattooed on their foreheads. Neither do angels always glide down from heaven with translucent wings.
They all look like you and me. Human."
Easter / Passover/ Ramadan notes
Writing updates | To AI or not to AI? | Stationery shopping | Art history writing | Family History Research |
#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #AmWriting
"Mayflies is a beautiful film exploring the lifelong friendship of Tully and Jimmy, and how that impacts their individual adult relationships when a tragedy occurs.
The central question is … when a terminal illness is diagnosed, just how far will you go for your lifelong friend?"
https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/mayflies-thoughts
#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Writer #AmWriting #Review #Mayflies #TVDrama #CommissionsOpen
"I was quite mystified by not seeing any people of colour around the city, in the central parts of the city ... I was aware that Liverpool had one of the oldest Black communities in the country, ... but these people weren’t visible. So I began asking a few questions, and things started to surface..." Ean Flanders
#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #TheDescendants #EanFlanders #VictoriaGalleryAndMuseum #Liverpool #Windrush #Africans #Caribbeans #GlobalMajority #BlackMastodon #Portraits #Photography
https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/price-slip?r=lvl6h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
"Insurance is necessary.
Insurance claims are costly.
Who really gains from insurance? Insurers, on the whole."
#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Insurance #PriceSlip #SystemError #Fraud #AmWriting
"I recently heard about a man who gave up money, initially for a year, then for three, and now he lives without any bills in a self-built cabin in rural Ireland.
This man has found his purpose in life, have you?"
"Riches is a family drama on ITV (& Prime) that I almost missed.
It is based around the fallout around the legacy of the multi-million pound Black hair and beauty business - Flair and Glory following the death of the CEO and family patriarch.
If you want secrets and lies, greed and jealousy all linked to big business, this drama is for you. If you liked Succession, you will probably like this series."
#Drama #Riches #AbbyAjayi #MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Review
https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/riches-an-explosive-family-drama
