5. Black Women Leading The Way Behind The Scenes

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When Channel 4 shut down its multicultural unit in 2002, Black British stories became something TV offered once a decade, if at all. But Black British women weren’t waiting for permission. In this episode of Then, Now, Next, Annika Allen Gray traces how Black women moved from being on screen to controlling what gets made. From the all-Black female cast of 3 Non-Blondes to Michaela Coel’s fight for ownership of I May Destroy You and Nicole Lecky’s leap from stage to screen with Mood, we follow the writers and performers who claimed authorship of their own stories. We also go behind the camera and profile the Black female powerhouses that green light and make the shows we see on screen.…