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Friday February 24: The Black Cop
Director: Emma Cooper | 2022 | Runs: 24.33
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/6quoiHR1VxA
In this film, Gamal 'G' Turawa, a former UK Metropolitan police officer, explores his memories of racially profiling and harassing black people and homophobia in his early career.
Now an openly gay man, Turawa’s story is a multi-layered one and sits in the centre of three pivotal moments in recent British history, from the black communities’ resistance of oppressive policing, to the push for LGBTQIA equality. Winner British Short Film at the 75th British Academy Film Awards.