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14 Black Actors You Didn’t Know Were British
T he Black British boom is big in Hollywood.While we all know about Daniel Kaluuya, John Boyega and Idris Elba, did you know that some of your other favorite television and film actors also hail ...
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Who Is Paapa Essiedu? Internes Goes In Meltdown After Black British Actor Cast As Professor Snape In Harry Potter TV Series
Paapa Essiedu is an Emmy and BAFTA-nominated actor who has recently signed with WME for representation. Read on to know more ...
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Thandie Newton on the struggle facing black British actors
However, she tells The Sunday Times Magazine that the British obsession with period dramas makes it difficult for black actors to work in the UK. She adds: “There just seems to be a desire for ...
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David Olusoga: ‘Small Axe is the exception that proves the problem for Black filmmakers’
Steve McQueen on the set of ‘Small Axe’ These failures have long been disguised by the success of Black British actors. But how much of that success can the UK lay claim to? Idris Elba ...
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Ira Aldridge - the first black Shakespearean actor
Playbill courtesy of British Library ... us to believe that audiences in London were less accepting of a black Shakespearean actor than elsewhere, but this is not exactly true.
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Teen activists recreate famous film posters with black leads
Last year, a BFI study found black British actors played just 0.5% of lead roles in 1,172 British films released over the course of a decade. Legally Black member Liv Francis-Cornibert said that ...