Members of the Windrush generation are being asked to share their memories of arriving in the UK, for a film to celebrate Windrush Day on 22 June.
Jamaican migrants were welcomed by RAF officials as they disembarked the Empire Windrush
It will mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex, in 1948. People's personal stories and photos could be included in the film, which will be broadcast from the world-famous billboard at Piccadilly Circus.Artist Sir Frank Bowling arrived in England from Guyana in 1953
They will then be curated by the Cultural Institute for Radical Arts , along with the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, who are producing the film. Lisa Anderson, managing director of the BCA, said they wanted to "honour, empower and give a platform to the memories of the Windrush generation and their families".
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