Reclaiming the narrative – in conversation with Amma Asante

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24 Oct 2024, 6:30pm The Film and TV Charity, 22 Golden Square
A portrait photo of multi-award-winning filmmaker, Amma Asante

Please note: this event is sold out

The Film and TV Charity, as part of its roster of activity to mark Black History Month, is excited to be able to invite you to join us for an evening in conversation with the multi-award-winning filmmaker, Amma Asante.

About this event

  • Date: Thursday 24th October
  • Time: 6:30pm
  • Location: Film and TV Charity, 22 Golden Square

Spaces for this special event are limited so please book your space today.

Reclaiming the narrative

This year’s Black History Month focuses on the theme of reclaiming the narrative’, something that Asante has excelled at since winning a BAFTA in 2005 for her first film, A Way Of Life. That project has acted as a launchpad for a stellar career that has also seen Asante helm the critically acclaimed Belle (2013) and A United Kingdom (2016), as well as demonstrate a deft touch on the smaller screen with series like The Handmaid’s Tale and Mrs America, which marked Cate Blanchett’s first foray into TV. 

Words like trailblazer’ are sometimes too readily bandied about, but Asante genuinely fits the bill. The first Black director to open the BFI London Film Festival, an Honorary Fellow of the National Film and Television School, and a two-time BAFTA Council member, Asante’s career continues to inspire countless others, making her an incredibly worthy recipient of an MBE for services to film as a writer and director.

With forthcoming projects including a series adaptation of Peter Hoeg’s Smilla’s Sense Of Snow’ and, on the big screen, The Billion Dollar Spy’, CEO of Film and TV Charity, Marcus Ryder, will have plenty to talk to Asante about when he joins her in conversation from 6:30pm on Thursday, October 24th at the Charity’s Central London offices.

Between Black and British Exhibition

Attending this event will also provide a chance to check out our exhibition, Between Black and British: Celebrating definitions of​“Black” British identities on screen’. During the event curator, Chloe Jarrett-Bell, will be introducing the exhibition, with a short explanation of its origins and themes.

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