I watched the Spiked documentary Think Before You Post — on the perilous condition of free speech in Great Britain — as soon as it was posted (video below). And now there is this, as if to prove the point:
You would think that banning a documentary about free speech would be a bad look for a cultural institution. But that’s precisely what Rich Mix in east London has just done.
We were all set to hold the premiere of our documentary, Think Before You Post, about the rise of the British speech police, at Rich Mix on Tuesday 25 November. But last night, we received an email saying the venue would be “terminating [our] booking contract.”
“Since confirming your booking, it has come to light that the content and speakers featured do not align with our values and mission here at Rich Mix,” reads the email. “Our founding objectives are to support marginalised communities (primarily communities facing racial inequity), promote intercultural understanding, eliminate racial discrimination, and foster equality of opportunity through arts and culture.”
Spiked editor Tom Slater has the rest of “the rest of the story” at Spiked in “Our free-speech documentary has been cancelled” along with the video announcing the spiking of the Spiked documentary below.
Here is the documentary.
