“I have to say thank you to the people that complained, tothe people that did put all of that abuse out there online - because you showed the truth, you showed exactly why this performance, this moment, was necessary,” Diversity’s leader Ashley Banjo said.īAFTA awarded the thriller “Save Me Too”, created by and starring Lennie James as a flawed father searching for hismissing daughter, with its drama prize. Many nominees attended the awards in person at the London ceremony, with indoor gatherings now allowed in England, following a partial lifting of COVID-19 lockdown rules.ĭance Troupe “Diversity” won the Must See Moment award, voted for by the British public and announced by a virtual audience member, for their performance dedicated to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement on ITV’s “Britain’s Got Talent”. She paid tribute to Ita O’Brien, the show’s intimacy coordinator in charge of making cast and crew feel safe while filming scenes that were intimate or sexual in nature. “Not only is Arabella someone who’s very close to me, I feel like she represents a lot of women who aren’t really seen on television - she’s messy and she’s not perfect,” Coel said tearfully of her character in a post-awards interview.
The show, which approaches the story of a woman who tries to rebuild her life following a sexual assault with moments of dark humour, had previously received awards from British Academy of Film and Television Arts for directing, editing and writing.Īlso Read | Get ‘First Day First Show’, our weekly newsletter from the world of cinema, in your inbox.
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Michaela Coel, the star and creator of drama series “I May Destroy You”, was the big winner at Britain’s BAFTA awards on Sunday, taking home the television awards for the miniseries and leading actress.
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