The Black British Filmmaker’s Guide to Success
The Black British Filmmaker’s Guide to Success addresses the need for an up-to-date, practical resource that caters specifically for black content work. It has been written as a guide for black British filmmakers. The guide also bears relevance to the wider international community of black filmmakers and filmmakers of other backgrounds making black content, or other cultural specific work.
It is a personal development guide that is packed with very practical guidance to assist filmmakers in securing funding, marketing and distribution opportunities for their films. The book contains extensive good practice interviews with 42 key black filmmakers and decision makers in the industry which include the following;
- Michele Raymond, ACP Films
- Jess Search, The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation
- Ryan Harrington, Tribeca Film Institute
- Slava Rubin, IndieGoGo
- Tim Reid, Legacy Media Institute
- Chris Jones, Living Spirit Pictures
- Dami Akinnusi, Darkling Productions
- Rikki Beadle-Blair, Team Angelica Films
- Kunle Olulode, The New Black
- Djo Tunda Wa Munga, SUKA Productions
- Kolton Lee, Prophet Pictures
- Owen ‘Alik Shahadah, Halaquah Media
- Ishmahil Blagrove Jnr, RiceNPeas Films
Book Cover Image: 'Top Girl' (2008) Dir: Rebecca Johnson
