Usayd Younis
Usayd Younis is Ceasefire Digital Editor. He is a filmmaker and co-director of 'Generation Revolution', a feature-length documentary film about young black and brown activists in London. You can find his website at usayd.com. He tweets at @usayd
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, September 23, 2015 14:27 - 0 Comments
Politics | Interview | Director Kirby Dick: “Sexual assault on college campuses is an epidemic”
Ceasefire's Usayd Younis and Cassie Quarless spoke to Director Kirby Dick at the UK premiere of his latest release ,'The Hunting Ground,' which addresses the growing pandemic of sexual assaults across US college campuses in recent years.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Friday, July 17, 2015 6:15 - 1 Comment
Film | Interview | Stanley Nelson: From the Black Panthers to #BlackLivesMatter
Ceasefire's Usayd Younis and Cassie Quarless talk to acclaimed director Stanley Nelson, whose new documentary film, 'Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution', received its European première at the The Sheffield International Documentary Festival last month.
Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Friday, August 29, 2014 12:32 - 2 Comments
Interview | Film | Annemarie Jacir: “I’m not interested in showing the West that ‘Palestinians are humans, too'”
Award-winning Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir talks to Ceasefire's Jumanah Younis about her latest film, the critically acclaimed 'When I Saw You', recently released in the UK.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, August 13, 2014 13:02 - 0 Comments
Interview | Film | Concerning Violence: “There should be a law against filmmakers going to Africa”
Best known for 'The Black Power Mixtape', Göran Olsson's latest documentary, 'Concerning Violence', is a fresh exploration of familiar themes. Ceasefire's Usayd Younis caught up with Olsson and his producer, Tobias Janson, at Sheffield's annual documentary festival 'Doc/Fest', where the film received a standing ovation.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Monday, July 28, 2014 14:38 - 6 Comments
Interview | Aamer Rahman: ‘There’s an expectation of non-white comedians to pander to white audiences’
Over the past few years, Aamer Rahman has gained a reputation as one of the sharpest and most politically outspoken comedians working today, He spoke to Ceasefire while on his recent UK tour.
Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, June 19, 2014 12:26 - 0 Comments
Interview | In the Shadow of War: Exploring post-conflict Bosnia
In the Shadow of War is a feature-length documentary exploring the lives of four young people in post-conflict Bosnia Herzegovina. Ceasefire's Usayd Younis caught up with its directors, Georgia and Sophia Scott, to find out why these stories needed to be told.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, June 17, 2014 14:28 - 1 Comment
Interview | ‘It’s the most unequal country in the world’: Rehad Desai on the future of South Africa
In 2012, thirty four striking miners were killed in South Africa's most notorious post-Apartheid massacre. Rehad Desai, filmmaker and academic spoke to Ceasefire's Usayd Younis about his new documentary 'Miners Shot Down' and the state of the country today.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Monday, April 28, 2014 16:50 - 0 Comments
Interview | Black Community Struggle, Academia and the Legacies of Enslavement
Racism in policing, education and employment continue to be some of the biggest issues facing black communities. Ceasefire's Adam Elliott-Cooper talks to Robbie Shilliam and Stafford Scott about how academia, and the legacies of enslavement can help us understand and contribute to black community struggle today.
Arts & Culture, Books, New in Ceasefire - Friday, March 7, 2014 14:47 - 0 Comments
Podcast | Kiese Laymon on Language, Love and ‘Long Division’
Author Kiese Laymon talks to Ceasefire's Hana Riaz and Rukayah Sarumi about his novel 'Long Divison' and using language as a tool of resistance and affirmation.
Editor's Desk, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 9, 2013 22:49 - 10 Comments
Interview | Akala: “Just because you listen to rap or reggae doesn’t mean you respect black people”
In part two of our exclusive interview, Hip-Hop artist Akala talks to Ceasefire's Adam Cooper about Lily Allen, Mark Duggan, police impunity, slavery reparations, the banning of slang in schools and much more.
