The showcase and pitching event will run online on Friday, October 16.
Making stars out of the UK’s black film, TV and novel writers is the ambition of theatre, film and TV director Alby James, head of development at the Ida Rose production outfit.
He has teamed with Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of London’s Young Vic Theatre, for the ’Taking Black Writers Seriously’ showcase and pitching event for 10 black novelists and film and TV screenwriters at the BFI London Film Festival on Friday, October 16.
James has been working with the selected writers throughout the year to workshop projects with...
Making stars out of the UK’s black film, TV and novel writers is the ambition of theatre, film and TV director Alby James, head of development at the Ida Rose production outfit.
He has teamed with Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of London’s Young Vic Theatre, for the ’Taking Black Writers Seriously’ showcase and pitching event for 10 black novelists and film and TV screenwriters at the BFI London Film Festival on Friday, October 16.
James has been working with the selected writers throughout the year to workshop projects with...
- 10/15/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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