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  • Dreams of My Fathers:  A Future Stage-Play by Roger Griffith

    James Baldwin’s powerful words, ‘History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. If we pretend otherwise, we are literally criminals,’ embodies the themes of my first stage-play. Dreams of My Fathers is a theatrical exploration of Barack Obama’s presidency, borrowing from the themes of…

  • Confronting Our Darkest Secrets

    Boyz Weekend: A Future Novel by Roger Griffith Boyz Weekend isn’t your typical lads’ weekend away. It’s a confrontation with the past. A reckoning with unresolved trauma. It’s an exploration of masculinity that delves into the complex and destructive dynamics of male friendship and betrayal. Imagine The Hangover colliding with the gritty realism of This…

  • James Baldwin 100

    Roger was commissioned to celebrate the life of the great American author James Baldwin on the 100th anniversary of his birth by Bristol Ideas.His article entitled Truthsayer is here: James Baldwin: Truthsayer

Articles by Roger

100 Years of Cinema: My Life On Screen, in Bristol Ideas

‘Bristol My Brizzle’ Poem  to celebrate Bristol’s 650th year incorporated as a city, Bristol Ideas

‘Tribute to Roy Hackett’ Personal Tribute to the life of Roy Hackett MBE, Bristol Bus Boycott champion

‘Lift The Rock of Racism’ Published Bristol Post following Colston statue removal, 16th June 2020

‘Statues of Limitations & Inspirations’ – Reflections post Colston on Roger’s encounters with the Good, Bad & Ugly with Statues, Monuments & Memorials  1st Sept 2020

‘Migrant Stories are Filled With Individual Heroism’ Published Bristol 24/7 – Windrush Day 22nd June 2020

‘Communities of Colour Are Ignored by the Environmental Movement’ Published by Bristol 24/7 14th June 2021

‘How BAME Groups have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19’

‘Take A To Remember The Fearless Campaigners.’ Remembering the anniversary of the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott: 28th August 2020

‘Looking Black to Malcolm X’ Reflections on the life of Malcolm X on the 50th anniversary of his assassination.

‘My Dreams, Hopes and Fears for 2021 in Bristol and Beyond.’ Published by Bristol 24/7 – 8th January 2021

Contributions

Projects and On-stage Productions

  • City Conversations

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/first-city-conversation-announced-part-1510162

  • Sisters With Voices I & Sisters With Voices II
  • 50 Voices for Malcolm X I & 50 Voices for Malcolm X II

https://www.bristol247.com/culture/theatre/review-50-voices-for-malcolm-x-bov

  • Soul Music Live with Radio 4 

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/bbc-radio-4-ujima-radios-soul-music-live

  • Presenter as The G-Man Radio. Bristol’s Big Conversation & Old Skool Cruising Show

VIDEOS & YOU TUBE LINKS

  • See our YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/@creativeconnex

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