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Sir Lenny Henry was at the British Diversity Awards in London on Wednesday night (25.03.26) to collect the Lifetime Achievement Award for over four decades of championing diversity in media and he spoke to BANG Showbiz about the impact this year's Oscar winners can have on British filmmakers.

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00:00For more information, visit www.fema.org
00:34I mean, Ryan Coogler wasn't around 15 years ago, but now he's everywhere.
00:40It takes a long time for talent to come through in the way that we all want it to come
00:44through,
00:44which is just equal.
00:46We're not saying, you know, give us everything.
00:48We're saying, can we just be in the room?
00:51So, you know, for someone like Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan to win awards,
00:55it's hugely encouraging to the black and brown and gay and talent in this country.
01:01We're going, oh, great.
01:02It means it can happen.
01:04So as long as you get the chance to do it, that's all we want, really.
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