Blacklisted Conversations

In November, The British Blacklist partnered with Netflix to host a special lunch at Soho House with a selected group of UK-based Black Filmmakers and the brilliant musician and filmmaker from West London Jeymes Samuel.

TBB's founder Akua Gyamfi lead an intimate Q&A session with the award-winning Jeymes to get to the heart of how he created his groundbreaking debut feature film The Harder They Fall.

The Harder They Fall starring Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors, Lakeith Stanfield, Zazie Beatz, Delroy Lindo ... against the backdrop of the American wild west an outlaw discovers his enemy is being released from prison, he reunites his gang to seek revenge.

The Harder They Fall is available on Netflix now.

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Passing tells the story of two Black women, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga), who can “pass” as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the color line during the height of the Harlem Renaissance in late 1920s New York.

Adapted from Nella Larsen's novel of the same name, we spoke to Tessa & Ruth about what resonated with them about playing Irene and Clare and the importance of portraying unsatisfied women!

Passing is in UK cinemas Friday 29th October 2021

Will be available on Netflix from November 10th 2021

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Actress Rebecca Hall turns her hand to directing with her powerful debut feature 'Passing'.

Starring Tessa Thompson as Irene and Ruth Negga as Clare, Passing tells the story of two Black women, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga), who can “pass” as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the color line during the height of the Harlem Renaissance in late 1920s New York.

Adapted from Nella Larsen's novel of the same name, we spoke to Rebecca hear why she chose this story as her debut film and what it means to her personally.

Passing is in UK cinemas Friday 29th October 2021

Will be available on Netflix from November 10th 2021

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Lennie James returns as Morgan in the long-awaited premiere of Fear The Walking Dead Season 7.

After a long and uncertain hiatus due to the Covid 19 Pandemic, Fear The Walking Dead returns during the aftermath of a nuclear strike that has brought on a new radioactive apocalypse that Morgan and friends must navigate through.

We spoke to star James to discuss a new chapter for Morgan, his journey so far in the franchise and hints at new dynamics with arch-nemesis and friend Victor Strand (Colman Domingo).

Fear the Walking Dead is available to watch on AMC via BT TV - new episodes drop Mondays at 9 pm.

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Matiki Anoff is a British-Ghanaian is a BAFTA / Oscar award-winning makeup artist who currently resides in New York.

Having an enviable body of work that includes Spike Lee's classics Do The Right Thing & Mo' Better Blues. And films featuring Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, and Halle Berry and Denzel Washington.

Matiki recently won a BAFTA and was part of the Oscar-winning Hair & Makeup team for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom starring Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman.

We spoke to Matiki about her journey as a Makeup Artist.

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Actresses & educators Suzette Llwellyn and Suzanne Packer have recently come together to add 'author' to their list of achievements.

Birthed during lockdown the pair curated 'Still Breathing: 100 Black Voices on Racism' is an anthology of 100 testimonies describing the impact of racism on the lives of people of African descent.

Published by HarperCollins the book brings together a cross-section of people from all walks of life. Among the contributors are Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, Paul Boateng, Dotun Adebayo, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Bonnie Greer, Vaughan Gething, Nadine White, Arthur Torrington, Sharon D Clarke, Beverley Randall, WWII veteran Allan Willmot. 

As co-founders of the groundbreaking all-black woman cabaret collective The Bibi Crew and with both sharing inspiring careers on screen and stage, Suzette and Suzanne discuss why their new book is so important.

Still Breathing: 100 Black Voices on Racism is available to buy now from all popular online retailers. Please buy independent where possible!



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#Startwith8™ was started by The Bitch Pack’s Thuc Nguyen, screenwriter, activist, and curator of the annual Bitch List in June 2020.

Cheryl L. Bedford is a producer and the Executive Director and Founder of Women of Color Unite and the JTC List joined forces with Thuc on #Startwith8™ after which they launched #Startwith8Hollywood. And now they are branching out with #Startwith8UK and #Startwith8Canada.

TBB's Akua Gyamfi has joined forces with Cheryl and Thuc to lead #Startwith8UK speaks to Cheryl and #Startwith8Canada's lead Murry Peeters about the groundbreaking initiative that connects entertainment professionals with 8 Women (and non-binary people) of Color working in the business to formulate a plan of action based on what each mentee desires and what is achievable by the mentor to create tangible progress in the mentee’s career.

Find out more about #Startwith8 here

Find out more about WOCU here

Find out more about The Bitch Pack here

Find out more about Murry Peeters here

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Sweet Tooth the new post-apocalyptic Neflix series adapted from a limited comic book by Jeff Lemire.

Produced by Robert & Susan Downey Jr. The series is about a half deer & half human boy who searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector.

The 'gruff protector' is Thomas Jepperd played by British actor Nonso Anozie known for his breakout role in Cass and following up RocknRolla, Zoo, Cinderella and Game of Thrones. 

We spoke to Nonso about filming Sweet Tooth and the power of saying no.

Sweet Tooth season 1 is available to watch on Netflix now.

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In May Amazon Music launched +44 its first ever original podcast hosted by Zeze Millz and Sideman.

The podcast sees Zeze and Sideman joined by some of the biggest names in Black music, sports, film, TV, and culture. Released each Friday, the hosts and their guests will tackle some of the hottest issues of the week, from the biggest stories to hit the news agenda to the latest releases across music, film, or fashion.

We spoke to Sideman about his journey as a comedian, social commentator and host of this brand new podcast...

Listen to +44

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Carol Russell is a screenwriter and founder of Fresh Voices UK which amplifies the work of ethnically diverse screenwriters to the television industry. Her work includes principal scriptwriter of Comin’ Atcha Cleopatra; multi-award-winning, BAFTA-nominated drama series Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle. She was one of the BAFTA-nominated team of adapters of Jacqueline Wilson’s Story of Tracy Beaker. Carol is also a Stephen Lawrence Foundation Trust award winner.

Now Carol has teamed up with Jane Evans - one of her generation’s most successful advertising women, to write Invisible to Invaluable - Releasing the Power of Middle Aged Women. With personal stories, exciting research, and insights from a cast of inspirational women, Jane Evans and Carol Russell’s manifesto blows open the ageism that’s sidelined midlife women at work and in society.

We spoke to Carol to hear why she and Jane decided to speak up for middle aged women ...

Invaluable - Releasing the Power of Middle Aged Women is available at all good book retailers now.

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