Dr Shawn Naphtali Sobers is a filmmaker, photographer and writer. As a filmmaker and photographer his work has been exhibited and screened nationally and internationally, and has directed and produced documentaries for BBC1, ITV and Channel 4. Topics of his work are wide ranging, including legacies of the slavery in the UK, African presence in Georgian and Victorian Britain, Ethiopian connections with the city of Bath, Rastafari language and culture, and creative citizenship in social media.
As an academic Sobers is Associate Professor of Cultural Interdisciplinary Practice at University of the West of England, Bristol, and studied Media Anthropology at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Principles relating to community media and participatory practice underpin much of his work. Shawn is co-founder of Imperial Voice Radio, based at the former home of Emperor Haile Selassie I. |
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