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Scene Profiles | “I think we made a classic!” – Jodie Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya on the legacy of Queen & Slim

February 16, 2020scenetvblog Comment

Click here to join our mailing list for more news like this. We caught up with the leads of Queen & Slim, Jodie Turner-Smith and [...]

Scene Profiles | “Our work is stronger when we come together.” Lena Waithe & Melina Matsoukas on Queen & Slim

February 16, 2020scenetvblog Comment

Click here to join our mailing list for more news like this. We caught up with Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas, the writer and director of [...]

Scene Profiles | “It’s not styling, it’s not red carpet…we’re artists and storytellers” – Academy Award winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter on her new project Dolemite is My Name

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019scenetvblog Comment

Click here to join our mailing list for more news like this. There are not many people who can boast of a 35 year career [...]

Scene Profiles | “I hope In The Long Run can bring a bit of sun to this crazy time we’re in.” Actor Madeline Appiah on the return of Idris Elba’s Sky comedy series

November 20, 2019November 21, 2019scenetvblog Comment

Click here to join our mailing list for more news like this. The return of Idris Elba’s semi-autobiographical comedy In The Long Run to Sky [...]

Scene Profiles | In The Long Run – a success story for inclusive writers rooms in British television-making

November 11, 2019November 18, 2019scenetvblog Comment

Top: Fraser Ayres, Grace Ofori-Attah, Shivani Vijayapalan. Bottom: Danielle Ward, Ben Tagoe. In The Long Run, the award-winning comedy, created by and starring Idris [...]

Scene Profiles | Gemini Man starring Will Smith – big action with a little bit of heart

October 10, 2019scenetvblog Comment

Will Smith recently celebrated his 51st birthday and in his latest action offering Gemini Man, he shows no signs of slowing down at [...]

Scene Profiles | 14 Questions with the Bafta-winning Amma Asante

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019scenetvblog Comment

Join our mailing list for more features like this. To celebrate the UK release of Where Hands Touch, we caught up with its writer [...]

Scene Profiles | Amma Asante on the love and controversy around her film Where Hands Touch

May 9, 2019February 16, 2020scenetvblog Comment

Join our mailing list for more features like this. In another collaboration with Black Women Off Screen, we caught up with BAFTA-winning writer/director [...]

Review | What Men Want – a perfect girls (and guys) night out!

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019scenetvblog Comment

By Michelle Owusu. I can’t remember the last I laughed out loud in the cinema almost as soon as the film began. And [...]

Scene Profiles | Barry Jenkins on adapting James Baldwin’s ‘Beale Street’ & the bucket list of stories he wants to tell

February 8, 2019February 8, 2019scenetvblog Comment

Ahead of the UK release of 'If Beale Street Could Talk' on 8th February, we spoke to writer and director Barry Jenkins about the [...]