A five-year goal to support 500 Black people into and “up” in Scotland’s creative industries has been launched. Despite the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of Black people in the arts sector, there is a significant talent pool. Amazon Prime collaborated with charity Be United to find 200 Black actors for their new adaptation of the Neil Garman novel Anansi Boys.
Emma Sithole and Veronique AA Lapeyre are among those leading the charge alongside art spaces such as Fruitmarket A FIVE-YEAR goal to support 500 Black people into and “up” in Scotland ’s creative industries has been launched. While Scottish-Rwandan actor Ncuti Gatwa (below) has made headlines as being the first Black Doctor Who, there is still “significant underrepresentation and misrepresentation” of Black people within the arts sector.
Yet the talent is there, as was made clear when Amazon Prime asked charity Be United to help find 200 Black actors for their new adaptation of the Neil Garman novel Anansi Boys. “We built a database of more than 1000 people so that really speaks to the interest of the people wanting to work in the sector,” said Be United executive director Emma Sithole. “There are more Black people working, or wanting to work in the creative industries, than some may think there ar
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