Sarah Solemani Seeds Modern Moments In Vintage Anti-Fascist Fable

Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode One of Ridley Road.

Both sides of Sarah Solemani’s family have roots in the Ridley Road area of London, so when she read author Jo Bloom’s haunting novel, Ridley Road, she saw personal elements in the story. Still, the narrative on screen in her new miniseries — a young Jewish woman caught up in anti-fascist espionage — casts a wider and more thrilling net.