Ed Accura, co-founder of the Black Swimming Affiliation (BSA) and producer of the three-film Blacks Can’t Swim documentary sequence, is popping his consideration to his subsequent documentary. On February twelfth, Accura launched the crowd-funding marketing campaign for his subsequent documentary “Altering the Narrative”.
“The target of this documentary is to delve into the five-year journey of the Blacks Can’t Swim marketing campaign and discover its influence on the present state of range and fairness in swimming,” mentioned Accura.
Accura and his workforce are hoping to satisfy a purpose of £30,000 by the crowdfunding marketing campaign. They purpose to have the documentary accomplished and prepared for broadcast in October 2024 as October is Black Historical past Month in the UK.
The hyperlink to donate and the rewards tiers went dwell at midnight (GMT).
The documentary will discover what progress has been made of their mission of constructing aquatics extra accessible to Black and ethnic minority communities. They’re planning to characteristic “people from the communities impacted by the marketing campaign, in addition to varied stakeholders together with group organizations, the schooling board, nationwide governing our bodies, company sector organizations, not-for revenue charities, and the media,” mentioned Accura.
Accura notes that some findings will solely turn into clear after filming. Nonetheless, the workforce needs to focus on achievements just like the “heightened emphasis on range and inclusion and the broader viewers engagement, in depth analysis, elevated investments in swimming and water security applications, and enhanced consciousness on the coverage stage.”
The purpose is that the documentary will spotlight the progress that has been made but additionally the work that also must be performed. This can assist with “shaping future actions and techniques for the following 5 years.”
The areas that Accura expects there shall be shortcomings are the “restricted influence on coverage modifications, challenges in sustaining engagement, an absence of accountability, restricted outreach to underrepresented communities, inadequate assets, a dearth of complete insurance policies and initiatives addressing disparities on the [sic[ grassroots level, and…the inadequacy of diversity in leadership role within the aquatic sector.”
Accura first launched A Film Called Blacks Can’t Swim in 2020, and followed with Blacks Can’t Swim The Sequel” in 2021 before the third film, Blacks Can’t Swim: Rewind, was released in 2022. In February 2023, Accura released a released a book that documented the four-year development of the Blacks Can’t Swim film series along with the creation of the BSA called A Visual Journey of Blacks Can’t Swim. He launched a new podcast series, “Why We Don’t Talk About SWIM” in October.
Accura co-founded the BSA alongside Seren Jones, Danielle Obe and Alice Dearing.
