More than 3,500 film and TV professionals, including top British actors and creatives, have signed an open letter to the UK screen industry demanding an end to “systemic racism.”
The missive was adapted from a “powerful and eloquent” letter published in Hollywood last week and its signatories include Michaela Coel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Jane Featherstone and David Yates.
You can read the full letter below, but at its core are four demands:
Banish your weak excuses Empower black and brown independent producers Expand your vision Be more demanding
Other notable signatories include Noel Clarke, David Oyelowo, Stephen Graham, Sophie Okonedo, Meera Syal, Gurinder Chadha, Asif Kapadia, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Harewood and Himesh Patel. White members of the industry, including Sandi Toksvig, Colin Firth, Samantha Morton, Bill Nighy, Ruth Wilson, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes, Sue Perkins and Vicky McClure, also signed the letter. You can sign here.
It follows the newly-formed Black,...
The missive was adapted from a “powerful and eloquent” letter published in Hollywood last week and its signatories include Michaela Coel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Jane Featherstone and David Yates.
You can read the full letter below, but at its core are four demands:
Banish your weak excuses Empower black and brown independent producers Expand your vision Be more demanding
Other notable signatories include Noel Clarke, David Oyelowo, Stephen Graham, Sophie Okonedo, Meera Syal, Gurinder Chadha, Asif Kapadia, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Harewood and Himesh Patel. White members of the industry, including Sandi Toksvig, Colin Firth, Samantha Morton, Bill Nighy, Ruth Wilson, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes, Sue Perkins and Vicky McClure, also signed the letter. You can sign here.
It follows the newly-formed Black,...
- 6/21/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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