Sky Sports and Kick It Out have extended their partnership for another year, as both organisations maintain a long-standing commitment to making football more welcoming. The one-year extension takes the partnership into a sixth year and will continue as a £1 million investment in a mix of cash and value-in-kind support to help tackle discrimination […]
Two Black Boys in Paradise, an animated short film based on a poem by award-winning writer Dean Atta and narrated by musician, actor and writer Jordan Stephens, is now available to stream on Channel 4. The film makes its TV debut alongside all other ‘Best of British’ shortlisted films at this week’s Iris Prize LGBTQ+ […]
White Man Walking, a feature-length documentary commissioned by BBC Storyville and produced by Osun Group, premieres on BBC Four and iPlayer on May 27th to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death. The film follows white filmmaker Rob Bliss as he walks across America wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt, confronting hostility, armed Trump […]
Black Britain Unspoken season three films, Dancing on Road Directed by Lauren Gee, mandem Directed by Joladé Olusanya and Lloyd the Instructor Directed by Donell Atkinson-Johnson are now on the discovery+ streaming and YouTube channel. Part of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Access, the talent development programme for under-represented creatives, Black Britain Unspoken aims to give […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Access, the talent development division for under-represented creatives, has announced Donell Atkinson-Johnson, Lauren Gee and Joladé Olusanya as the three filmmakers who will tell their stories of what is means to be Black and British as part of Black Britain Unspoken. Launched in 2022, Black Britain Unspoken aims to give opportunity […]
Tyler Perry and Netflix have formed a creative partnership that will see Perry write, direct and produce feature films under a multi-year first-look deal. Perry’s upcoming films with Netflix include Six Triple Eight starring an ensemble cast led by Kerry Washington about the inspiring true story of the the first and only Women’s Army Corp […]
Sky has announced it will be extending its partnership with anti-discrimination organisation Kick It Out, pledging an additional £1 million investment over the next year in a mix of cash and Value in Kind support. With 67 per cent of those who experienced discrimination over the past 30 years expressing that they experience it less […]
Group Black, a media company a collective of Black-owned media, and NBCUniversal have announced that they will be entering an exclusive partnership aimed to amplify Black-led content. Through Black Excellence 365, NBCUniversal has curated a collection of Black-led and diverse content for exclusive marketing and sale by Group Black, growing full-year advertising opportunity and investment […]
Sky Sports has announced a new documentary, presented by football legend David James, the only Black goalkeeper to represent a senior England national team. Launching on the Sky Sports Premier League channel on May 14th, David James: The One and Only, will explore the past, present and future of representation in goalkeeping, drawing on stories […]
Asif Sadiq MBE, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced the return of the Black Britain Unspoken programme for a second series, as part of the WBD Access programme, WBD’s talent development programme for under-represented creatives. Black Britain Unspoken aims to give opportunity and voice to Black British filmmakers who […]