Saturday, January 26, 2019
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Ed Perkins’ film about a young black boy’s response to a racist gang after he moves out of London is up for an Academy award
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Black Sheep, a film commissioned by the Guardian, has been nominated for best short documentary at the 2019 Oscars.
Directed by Ed Perkins, Black Sheep tells the story of Cornelius Walker, a black 11-year-old from London who moves with his family to a housing estate in Essex after the murder of schoolboy Damilola Taylor in 2000. Walker, the same age as Taylor and of similar background, found himself confronting a gang of local racists and, after first fighting back, went to extraordinary lengths to fit in and gain their friendship.
Continue reading...from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2U3B5vK
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