Ken Fero

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Known For Director

Gender Male

Ken Fero

Biography

Ken Fero is a filmmaker, activist, educator and founding member of Migrant Media which, since 1991, has produced several radical documentaries examining community responses to issues of race, class and resistance. His ground-breaking and multi-award winning 2001 feature documentary Injustice, regarding the killings of predominantly Black people in the UK, had significant international and political impact. It was screened in the European Parliament where Fero also spoke. It is also currently banned by all UK broadcasters. Fero’s recent film, Ultraviolence (2020), reveals the history of militant resistance to UK state violence and was officially selected for the BFI London Film Festival also winning a Special Jury Award (Queens World Film Festival 2021), Special Audience Award (Arbetar Film Festival 2021) and Best Documentary (British Urban Film Festival 2021). Ultraviolence is currently distributed by the British Film Institute.

Known For

Director

2020
Ultraviolence

as Director

2014
Burn

as Director

2013
Po Po

as Director

2012
Newspeak

as Director

2012
2011
2001
Injustice

as Director

1995
Justice for Joy

as Director

1994
Tasting Freedom

as Director

1992
After the Storm

as Director

Producer

2020
Ultraviolence

as Producer

2001
Injustice

as Producer

1995
Justice for Joy

as Producer