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Dreaming Whilst Black S02E01 - Black Shee
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00:00I'm Kwabana.
00:01I'm Vanessa.
00:02V tells us you're a film director.
00:04I am, yeah.
00:05And does that pay well?
00:06We're here with a short film called Jamaica Road.
00:08It's a love story set in the Windrush era.
00:10Would you mind passing this on?
00:11It's Dove in TV.
00:12My cousin, you're arrested.
00:14They love a film like that.
00:15I don't want to be another director who makes hood films.
00:18But at least they're making films, man.
00:20Of course we have to make films for white people.
00:22I want that!
00:23I got the job in New York.
00:24They want me to be over there in the next few weeks.
00:26We're gonna be fine.
00:27We still have to make Jamaica Road.
00:29I got signed!
00:30You think this little film might gonna help him in that, do you?
00:32You're gonna be proud of yourself.
00:34Sell out your own people for the white man prayers.
00:39Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, Christine Yan!
00:54Now it's time to present the award for Outstanding Debut.
00:57And the nominees are Aaron Saki, Laura Davis, Abigail Alexis, and Kwabana Robinson.
01:12The judges said this fresh new talent has a very bright future ahead of them after delivering a magnificent first film.
01:19It's okay.
01:20And the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut goes to...
01:21It's okay.
01:22And the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut goes to...
01:23...Krabana Robinson, in интересно, Beth.
01:25Thank you very much.
01:26Thank you very much.
01:27Thank you so much.
01:33Thank you so much.
01:40Thank you so much.
01:43Wobbina! Wobbina!
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02:07Wobbina!
02:09Wobbina! Wobbina!
02:11you and thank you for inviting oh not at all not at all uh love you're short by the way oh thank
02:15you now i've heard that you're looking for your first tv job i just want to tell so is that matter
02:21well we've got something that really champions black women's voices okay it's called baby mudders
02:27a group of single mums struggling to survive in brixton who form a reggae choir
02:32it's called black love actually think love actually but instead of christmas it takes
02:41place at notting hill carnival it's a sweeping rom-com okay torn apart by violent stabbing
02:47so it's about a black woman business owner in victorian england who employed freed slaves oh
02:54what type of business did she run a brothel actually thinking about it got one that's perfect for you
02:58cut from a different kente grime and punishment a gritty sci-fi about the illegal drug trade across
03:04the galaxy it's called mandem in outer space
03:16now there's nothing like seeing your script come to life but anyways let's talk about my next project
03:21what did you think of from the boats yeah i really enjoyed it like honestly the the writing was so
03:27sharp um it was really a page turner thank you thank you you know as a person of generational trauma i've
03:36always wanted to write something about immigration sorry but you wrote from the boat yes brother
03:43sorry the story is about jamaican immigrants and your name is winston which is a very common
03:47job name yes i know i know the amount of nicknames i had over the years
03:51so what inspired you to write this story the idea actually came from my gardener he and his wife
04:00are immigrants and i'm an immigrant i'm when you get her and uh i saw their plight firsthand and i found
04:11their story fascinating yeah yeah their stories are fascinating you said you like the script yes before i
04:19found out it was written by some middle-aged white guy quabs he's irish he gets it you know plus
04:25winston's lived in notting hill for ages like before gentrification oh right so he's basically a yardie
04:31look i don't want to be a part of some white man's fantasy about black people you can't keep turning
04:36up your nose at everything you want to direct so direct drew if from the boats is getting made
04:40why can't we push jamaica road winston has three decades experience and you have none
04:47quabs your first job isn't necessarily going to be perfect you know my first job was taking my boss's
04:52dog out to look this window of opportunity is closing remember like right now you're a bowl of porridge
04:58porridge porridge yeah you're hot but leave it too long and you're gonna go cold true i just want
05:08something decent something with substance that's all find me that and i'll smash the interview i promise
05:15hey ziona how was your holiday oh so lovely thank you went to the family home in tombridge
05:25did some wild swimming oh sorry everyone sorry i'm late oh but i can bear in good news
05:32the networks have a few slots opening up the brief is simple entertaining television with opportunities
05:38for diversity so i'm hoping to get something to them by the end of next week well i've got a dating
05:44show idea i've been developing great let's hear it um it's called hot baps
05:49hot baps okay so imagine master chef meets naked attraction five naked contestants compete to win
05:57a bachelorette's heart will she go for the man who looks good or cooks good great okay well thanks for
06:06that um abdul and i have been working on something for a while that we think has a real potential great
06:11let's hear it so it's called my favorite meal um imagine who do you think you are meets parts
06:17unknown i love that idea picture maya jamma going back to somaliland to explore the roots of
06:24bearish and hill of jesus come on come on yeah hardly an ideal destination though is it from marleyland
06:39okay yeah um sorry as a biracial black woman i don't appreciate the racist undertones of your
06:48comment and he's black yes my grandfather was jamaican oh and yeah he left my grandma but i've been
06:55going to domino classes to uh reconnect with my roots look regardless abdul already has to deal with
07:04society calling him a pirate for you to undermine his culture as well yeah i was referring to the
07:11extremist terrorist threats not not pirates um i'm sorry for my inappropriate um racist comment are we
07:26okay to carry on or would we like to take a moment we're fine calm abdul you can go on so i'd actually
07:35like to take a moment amy you know i'm ethiopian right 100 percent i don't know where for me's
07:53wasting all this money on her birthday he won't remember but anyways you man got your tickets to
07:58the nlt party yeah come on stop being tight blood i don't have to bed right now then take a job fam
08:09he's taking some investment bro listen you spend a 30 pound now meet one of your artsy babes then
08:14you can take her out on your little cheap dates what are you talking about hey come love the cheap
08:19date i like they're farts in the park visiting museums and them things there and it's never the paid
08:24exhibitions always the free ones i don't know why you man are laughing i took out vanessa all the time
08:29where dead picnics she's living the best life in new york though shame she left you for that rich
08:37brother oh man she didn't leave me for no guy bro so who was that guy that she posted on ig new york
08:44that tall guy yeah i can't lie because they were looking mad cozy bro she can whoever she wants i don't care
08:50okay okay yeah you know what i'm gonna buy you a ticket man she can't be the only one moving on
09:00hey my guy question big time director hey yeah my drink man looking tight over there boy that's
09:07auntie at the door so fix your face you're looking stressed yeah me how are the girls them good you
09:12know tola my youngest she's in her second year at cambridge now that's nice i think everyone knows
09:17well if you see the pictures she sends me look this is her in a laboratory oh she look good but
09:24thank god though he blessed me with such a brilliant daughter amen mama two brilliant daughters
09:33you know emi has a big job in valuable entertainment factual entertainment taking care of the family as
09:39usual ah bobina are you working now i hope you're taking care of mom uh not quite yet auntie um i'm
09:49having lots of meetings that have been really good but i haven't found the right one yeah quabbina so
09:55you are still not working ah i'm going to have to add you to my prayer list won't ask the lord for
10:01better eyesight because from when since she's been looking him still can't find a job
10:05no uncle i'm just saying i'm being selective about the jobs i choose oh so you're choosing poverty
10:13lord left the boy alone he must figure himself out there's figuring himself out and there's living
10:18at home doing nothing nothing you literally cost me out for selling out dovin but now you're saying
10:23i should take any job well you sell him out already boy unless you're selling it for free wait
10:28are charity this surely he's working small small no work which part where
10:32the only black man in england that never get no work after black lives matter
10:39they even want me to come out of retirement and i'm not as black as he
10:42barely black no and this backside light-skinned business again
10:47sis what you have a point no but the point is about integrity if i can stay at home save a bit
10:52of money and just curate my career i don't see what the problem is that's the problem right there boy
10:57right there let me ask you how much you can buy with integrity nowadays hmm look on your mother
11:06she still have on her lanyard because she forgot to work today on a saturday because her broad-backed son
11:14want to curate him career get a life boy the only people in this house without a job is you and the baby
11:26happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday to you
11:36happy birthday dear man he said so a minute
11:48it's like no matter what i do this man always has a problem
11:55maybe he's just jealous that you're pursuing your dream i mean didn't he want to be a singer
11:59want the man sang his brother's funeral don't let him get to your grubs look i'm heading to this
12:04film screening you should come there's going to be a little q a afterwards and it could be a good
12:10opportunity for you to network not in the mood i can't lie yeah best to go back upstairs to your loving
12:17uncle what a brilliant film ladies and gentlemen please give a wonderful welcome to the producer
12:30of this film who has returned from america today to be here with us bridgette julius
12:36congratulations on a truly incredible piece of work thank you with such an accomplished film
12:50i'm scared to ask where can you go from here um a genre-busting regency drama oh can you tell us
12:59more um i can actually it's an adaptation of my favorite book sin and subterfuge it's a
13:06heart-wrenching romance about a man who loses the woman he loves when she's forced to move to the
13:12americas we're ripping up the rules of the genre and using colorblind casting to create aspirational
13:19roles for black and brown actors we want to make something with integrity and substance that pushes
13:27the boundaries it will be like nothing you've ever seen before i'm i'm really excited about it
13:33bridgette julius everyone thank you thank you hey shall we stay and try to chat to bridgette i'm
13:42going to start tomorrow listen i'll stay because you have a job i need one all right tell me how it
13:49goes yeah catch you later yo sorry um did you direct the name by any chance uh yeah yeah yeah
13:58bro it's sick man i'm a director too came here to try to pitch to bridgette tenache
14:02yeah respect respect oh brother bro do you know what yeah i think you should go into the green
14:15room just through here man black stuff man i got this you all right there beautiful name's tinnashe
14:22are you on the guest list my name's cravener robinson i should be on the guest list
14:30no you're not on here i'm afraid you know what that's the same problem i had at the box office
14:36they said if i said nia's name it should be fine yeah yeah he's the host of the event look see
14:47go ahead thank you thank you uh this guy with you oh this guy
14:55no bro you're gonna do me like that
14:59oh hey bridgette sorry to interrupt i'm quabbana i just wanted to say your film was phenomenal
15:08well thank you thank you sure well done oh thanks good to see you oh can i get you a drink or anything
15:13actually i'm just on my way out oh um wait wait here's the thing here's the thing look i'm a director
15:18and i'm looking for my first credit and my agent keeps pulling me up for bear crap stuff and hearing
15:22you speak tonight it was the first time i genuinely felt inspired by a project and look i know this might be
15:28a brush what could i interview for it you know what here's my card have your agent get in touch
15:41thank you thank you have a good night yeah
15:43no mom they're not trying to break your leg yeah well i got rid of the last carer because you said she was nasty
16:07no she heard you she ain't coming back yeah look mom i have already paid for block sessions so we're
16:15just gonna have to firm it yeah um look someone's at the door so i'm gonna have to go yeah okay we'll
16:21talk about it later okay love you love you too bye bye
16:40sis tolla you know how we always used to do each other's hair as kids yeah and i'm doing all the
16:45black girls hair at cambridge i mean there's only five of us but still tolla i'm working on my pitch for
16:49tomorrow what is this all about look i'm wasting my time at cambridge sis these hands they weren't meant
16:58for surgery they're meant for 40 inch bust downs wait wait wait let me get this straight are you
17:03telling me you're dropping out of cambridge to what be an ig hairdresser i can't lie you sound barely
17:07eat this right now good luck telling mom can i stay with you please until i figured that part out
17:18thanks oh this is exactly what i need you should really drink red though sis it's good for your
17:25cholesterol
17:44winston has finally got back to me and officially offered you from the boat no no no no i don't want
17:50it what i want to see none subterfuge craps i know you love the project and i've emailed to
17:57bring you forward but i never heard anything back and follow up come on drew you know i don't want to
18:03say this because it sounds really mean but i think that bridget was just being nice i'm sorry i know that
18:08sounds awful but it's a big show you know and they are interviewing much more experienced directors
18:17from the boats is a great option you know and i've negotiated a good fee this is a solid first
18:25directing job drew i don't want to sell out well the difference between selling out and not selling out
18:36is making money and that you haven't done hey mom hey baby put this in the dishwasher for me when you're
18:55ready i'm stepping out at this time yeah emergency house car so i'll be late i left some brown stew in the
19:04fridge for you mom i got offered a tv job today and i took it what yeah that's great yeah it's not
19:15great but it's working they want me to start tomorrow so i'll be up all night but yeah now i can pay for
19:19bills and stuff and i am proud of you listen quabs i'll do a man you stay in here with me you know you
19:28you don't have to listen to your uncle i just want you to be happy yeah
19:42and i don't have to listen to your uncle i am sorry bro yeah that's great yeah i just want to
19:54I should do it.
20:24Don't do it.
20:30Yo, stop. Stop.
20:47Please, sir, I want some more.
20:52More! Not more, just the same as you.
20:58We've given you blacks so much already!
21:01And we're grateful, but...
21:04Is it too much to ask for?
21:09Quabiner Robinson has asked for more.
21:13For more?
21:14If we give them all more, there'll be nothing left for us.
21:18Why should we give you more?
21:23I may be black, but I'm not like those blacks.
21:28And more of this!
21:42Hey, I'm here for a meeting.
21:56Hi!
21:57And what's your name?
21:58Quabiner Robinson.
22:00Quabiner Robinson.
22:02Quabiner Robinson.
22:03Hmm.
22:04Can't see you on here.
22:08Yeah, um, look.
22:09Sorry, one sec.
22:10Hi.
22:11Hi.
22:12Hi.
22:13Hi.
22:14Hi.
22:15Hi.
22:16Deliveries go round the back?
22:17Oh, for Christ's sake.
22:18Okay, I'll come down and let you in.
22:19I'm so sorry.
22:20If you could just take a seat and I'll be back in five minutes.
22:21Yeah, sure.
22:22Yeah, sure.
22:23Yeah, sure.
22:24Hi.
22:25Hi.
22:26Hi.
22:27Hi.
22:28Deliveries go round the back?
22:29Oh, for Christ's sake.
22:30Okay.
22:31I'll come down and let you in.
22:32I'm so sorry.
22:33If you could just take a seat and I'll be back in five minutes.
22:34Yeah, sure.
22:35I'm so sorry.
22:36If you could just take a seat and I'll be back in five minutes.
22:38Yeah, sure.
23:03Come in.
23:06Bridget.
23:07Hey.
23:08I'm so sorry to barge you and you both like this, but I haven't stopped thinking about
23:12the talk you gave on some subterfuge the other day.
23:14And I was just wondering if I could have like 15 minutes of your time to pitch my vision
23:18for it.
23:19Sorry, do you know it?
23:22Oh, this is Quabiner, right?
23:25He's a young director looking for his first credit.
23:28Well, it's great to see you again, but I'm afraid we've wrapped up the interview process.
23:32Well, have you decided?
23:34Look, I understand your reluctance and I know this looks crazy, but I know I can do this.
23:39My last short film, I won a Biffa award and I'm looking for my first opportunity and I do believe this is it.
23:45But I appreciate your passion.
23:47I'll keep you in mind for projects in the future.
23:48No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
23:50Hang on.
23:51Hang on a minute.
23:53Do you know what?
23:54I respect the hustle.
23:55Thank you so much.
23:56I'm Simon.
23:57I'm the MD here at Eckerfield and an exec on Sim and Subterfuge.
24:03Pleasure to meet you, Simon.
24:05You've got 15 minutes.
24:08Have a seat.
24:09Amy.
24:10Hey, Heather.
24:11I was thinking about season one of My Favourite Milk.
24:14Oh, I heard back from the network last night.
24:19They loved My Favourite Milk, but they don't have the money to fund it, I'm afraid.
24:24I'm sorry.
24:25Oh, I really thought they'd go for it.
24:28Mm.
24:29Um, well, I can rework the costs.
24:31Um, we can just use UK celebrities.
24:33Ah, you see, this is just the kind of creative thinking that tells me you will make a great producer for our new commission.
24:40Heather, thank you.
24:41What's the show called?
24:42Hot Baps.
24:43And they've commissioned it with a real commitment to diversity, behind the camera and on screen, so it is still a win for us, sister.
24:50OMG, are we making Hot Baps?
24:53Yes, we are.
24:56Hot Baps.
24:57I knew I was onto a winner.
25:00Yeah, great idea.
25:01Loved it from the start.
25:02Loved it from the start.
25:03Oh, thank you so much.
25:04You look, I love this, by the way.
25:07African boy.
25:08Oh, Jamaica.
25:12I really like Kwame.
25:14That pitch blew everyone else out of the water.
25:17I think he'll bring something that no one else can.
25:19I agree.
25:20He does have talent.
25:21He's not ready though, is he?
25:24Well, we'll discuss more of that later.
25:26No.
25:27No.
25:28No.
25:30No, he does have talent.
25:31He's not ready for us.
25:32No.
25:33No.
25:34Oh, my God.
25:35No, no.
25:36No.
25:37No, no, no.
25:38No.
25:39No.
25:40No.
25:41No.
25:42No.
25:43No.
25:44No.
25:45All right, that is little man down for the night.
26:08What are you saying, man?
26:13Yeah.
26:16Quabs, you good?
26:18Bro, how can Simon, some random guy, give me a chance?
26:22And is Bridget the one who wasn't backing it?
26:25Fam, you just have to forget about her.
26:27Move on to the next two.
26:28Jesus, Mo, give her a chance.
26:30She just came back from America a few weeks ago.
26:32Yeah, but what does Bridget coming back have to do with anything?
26:34Who's Bridget?
26:35The black producer.
26:36The woman who I just interviewed with.
26:39Oh, shit. Um...
26:42Wait, but who's come back from America?
26:44Yeah, who's come back from America, babe?
26:47Vanessa's back from New York.
26:49What?!
26:50Did you know?
26:51How do you know?
26:52Sorry, Quabs.
26:53We used to follow each other on Insta and she liked one of my stories and we got chatting.
26:56And you didn't tell me.
26:57Why didn't you tell us, babe?
26:58That's crazy!
26:59Maurice was supposed to tell you!
27:00Nah, you lot violate.
27:01Don't need a job.
27:02Don't need Vanessa.
27:03Don't need none of it.
27:04Like, just forget this shit.
27:05Okay, Quabs, it's not even that deep.
27:07Like, just give her a text, for God's sake.
27:09No!
27:10Oh!
27:11Hey, Quabs, you good?
27:12Yes!
27:13You man don't got me.
27:14I got me!
27:15Okay, yeah.
27:16He's taken this much worse than I thought, babe.
27:19Oh!
27:20Huh.
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