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The series sparked a great discussion that took in its multiple narrative threads and cast of characters in their 30s who live, work, holiday and party together, and find their ways in the professional worlds of arts, health and fitness, corporate business, and acting. the need for greater artistic freedom in creating broader representation and a wider range of characters according to the intersectional categories of ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, especially LGBTQ1.įrom all these angles the series’ take on the millennial generation made it the perfect choice for the DSMN catch up session held in December, when the network was officially on pause due to COVID, and we got together to keep the conversation alive. These meant the series met many of the concerns about the reception of Black British and British Asian screen culture voiced by DSMN members at the first network workshop held February 2020 just as the pandemic was manifesting: i.e. Michaela Coel (creator of Chewing Gum) wrote, directed and starred in this 12 episode series (for BBC1 and HBO) that played in June 2020, during COVID lockdowns, but the threat of the pandemic does not disturb its ground breaking approach to more deeply entrenched issues: black female self empowerment and sexual violence. Janet Wilson, Emerita Professor at University of Northampton and Visiting Professor at BCU, reflects on the brilliance of Michaela Coel's award-winning series I May Destroy You.

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