The story of how Bristol poet and educator Lawrence Hoo and his friend, visual artist Chaz Golding, created a series of educational resources to address the lack of representation in schools’ curriculums, is to be shown to a regional TV audience for the first time. Bristol Live has reported on the phenomenon of the CARGO Classroom story since its inception, but now the BBC’s We Are England series is to share the story, including the influence and support of legendary Bristol band Massive Attack.
The We Are England programme, which is being broadcast from 7.30pm on Friday, October 14, documents Chaz and Lawrence’s mission to educate Bristol’s teachers on the black history they were never taught at school.
The programme is part of a nationwide series called The Classroom Revolution, and the programme shows Chaz and Lawrence recording material for their lessons in Massive Attack’s studio, before hosting a training day for secondary school teachers in a disused warehouse on the outskirts of Bristol.
