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Small Axe Screenwriter Courttia Newland in conversation with Shade at the South London Gallery Convergence Community Film Festival
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Small Axe Screenwriter Courttia Newland in conversation with Shade at the South London Gallery Convergence Community Film Festival
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27 minutes
Released:
Feb 20, 2021
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Welcome to the second episode of the new four-part series of in-conversations exploring anti-racism and the arts, co-curated by Shade and Convergence. This episode is part of the South London Gallery's Convergence Community Film Festival on Saturday 20th February 2021. Our guest today is Courttia Newland.Courttia wrote the screenplays for Steve McQueen's BBC Small Axe 'Lover's Rock' & 'Red, White & Blue' films. Courttia grew up in west London and published his first novel, The Scholar: A West-Side Story, aged 23, earning critical praise for his portrayal of a teenager’s life in the inner city. Since then he’s written seven more books and eight plays, winning numerous awards for his work. In 2000, he co-edited The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain. In 2021 Courttia's novel A River Called Time was published by Canongate Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/shadepodcast.
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Released:
Feb 20, 2021
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Podcast episode
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