Films – Southwark Schools' Learning Partnership

All Our Histories is an innovative Exhibition in a Box exploring Black history, Camberwell and Southwark, and the legacies of enslavement – through powerful artwork by Sokari Douglas Camp, All the World is Now Richer, and local research.

Created for Key Stage 3, the resource helps young people explore complex histories in creative and meaningful ways.

This page gives access to the All Our Histories films about Sokari Douglas Camp’s sculpture All the World is Now Richer. The sculpture tells a story from Africa’s rich ancestral life through to the present day, and recognises the bravery, dignity and strength of the people who endured enslavement and fought for freedom.

There are nine films about All the World is Now Richer shown here. The Introduction is followed by Films 1–6, about the individual statues in the sculpture. In Film 7, ‘Creating the Sculptures: The Artist in the Studio’, Sokari Douglas Camp shares her making process with viewers, and in Film 8, ‘Artist and Themes’, she discusses the ideas through which she generated All the World is Now Richer.

Each film is intended to be used in conjunction with the relevant Activity Card in the Exhibition in a Box. The Activity Cards explain which film(s) correspond to each card.

The entire resource can be downloaded for free and used in school and the community.

Introduction