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The Director’s Chair: Colourblind casting – the black and white of it

Posted on 21 November 2011 by Saara El-Arifi

I’m a mongrel: 25% British, 25% Sudanese, 25% Ghanaian, 12.5% Yemeni, 12.5% Turkish. Mongrel is a derogatory term used to describe non-pedigree animals, yet here I suggest a greater definition – one of pride for the mixed origins of my birth. As a young, mixed-race director, colourblind casting is something that needs to be confronted [...]

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