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Under the Bridge

This documentary explores Bristol’s historical links with the slave trade, and the feelings in th... more This documentary explores Bristol’s historical links with the slave trade, and the feelings in the city relating to this past. It charts local protests, the opening of Pero's Bridge my Paul Boateng MP, and the city's first museum exhibition dedicated to telling the story of Bristol's involvement of the slave trade, in the City Museum. Transmitted on ITV West in April 2000.

Footsteps of the Emperor

50 min Documentary about Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I’s time living in the city of Bath in ... more 50 min Documentary about Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I’s time living in the city of Bath in exile from 1936 - 1941, during Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia. Directer and Producer - Shawn Sobers Presenter - Benjamin Zephaniah Executive Producer - Abigail Davies Produced for HTV West - Transmitted in December 1999, and shown at a range of screenings and events since. Watch an extract from the documentary here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcaluenT8JM

Expanding practice: Script development with new Deaf screenwriting talent

Journal of Screenwriting, 2020

In Deaf1 film and television, modest production budgets and limited training opportunities presen... more In Deaf1 film and television, modest production budgets and limited training opportunities present considerable challenges for emerging screenwriting talent. This article argues that orthodox approaches to developing screenplays must be expanded when working in this context. The analysis focuses on an individual case study: the development of a half-hour television drama between a professional hearing script editor and a novice Deaf screenwriter. The article discusses the creative and cultural complexity of the editor‐writer relationship, drawing on Schon’s ‘reflective practitioner’ concept, Ladd’s analysis of Deaf culture, Gramsci’s elaboration of the subaltern and the theories of Bourdieu, Foucault and Freire. More specifically, Macdonald’s Screen Idea Work Group is employed to explore the dialogical process of shared creation, which expands out to include production team, actors and interpreters via a uniquely adapted ‘table read’ situated at the heart of the development process....

AVANCA | CINEMA

This paper examines how orthodox approaches to developing screenplays must be expanded when worki... more This paper examines how orthodox approaches to developing screenplays must be expanded when working with emerging screenwriting talent. It explores the particular issues and problems facing those working in Deaf film and TV, where production budgets are modest and training opportunities few. The analysis focusses on an individual case study: the year-long development of a half-hour TV drama between a professional hearing script editor and a novice Deaf screenwriter.The well-established formulation of the script editor is as a story expert supporting the screenwriter to hone her/his screenplay. Borrowing Gabriel’s idea of a ‘boundary rider’, the paper examines how the script editor works energetically to preserve the agency of the new screenwriter; to privilege experiential learning whilst responding to the demands of an industrial commissioning process and production specification. Drawing on Gramsci’s elaboration of the subaltern and the theories of Foucault and Bourdieu, it discus...