A Black Lives Matter activist is being taken to court by the British Film Institute over a debt of £200,000 from sponsorship fees.
Alisha Hall's company partnered with the British Film Institute for the London Film Festival in 2021
Alisha Hall is disputing a winding-up petition launched by the BFI and joined by The British Blacklist , a media platform for Black creatives.Film Festival in October 2021. According to court documents seen by Metro.co.uk, the amount sought when the case was launched in August 2022 was £216,000 which the BFI alleges was not paid by the media group.TBB claims it is owed money by the media firm director over a brunch to celebrate UK-based Black film and TV creatives during the festival.
Hall disputes both sets of allegations, with a spokesperson for her company saying it is ‘extremely proud of the work we do for our marginalised communities in the UK’ and the BFI’s case is ‘without merit’.
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