Where’s the Black in the Union Jack?

Author: Stafford, Roy
Published: Riddlesden, Keighley, 2000
Source: http://www.itpmag.demon.co.uk [25.09.2003]. Originally published in: Film Reader 2 - British Cinema.
Publisher: itp (in the picture). Media Education Magazine

Abstract

Although Britain today is a multi-ethnic society, black people and other ethnic minorities are still under-represented in contemporary British films. The number of black characters in British films and TV productions has increased, but the experience of 'being black in Britain' is not necessarily touched upon, according to Roy Stafford. He complains that, instead, widespread stereotypical views on certain ethnic groups are often confirmed rather than undermined in film portrayals.

Stafford, Roy

Roy Stafford works as a freelance provider of media education services and offers training for teachers wishing to increase their knowledge and understanding of media education in schools and colleges. He has extensive experience at all levels of formal education, but primarily 14-19 and adult education. Roy Stafford and colleagues from 'in the picture' run the Media Education Certificate course at Trinity All Saints College, Leeds.

Publications: The Media Student's Book (2002), Reading Films (2002)