And the BAFTA is awarded to...
The Black Cop.
Oh my God.
Yeah, I don't even know where to start. I want to say it's a huge collective win to every
underrepresented group that the film speaks to you directly and indirectly. This is for us man,
all the outsiders, all the people that's been told you're not good enough, like, this is for us.
Thank you to The Guardian and Dark Society who this just wouldn't have been possible without,
thank you for believing in that idea and being so supportive. All of the execs Lindsay Catcher,
Charlie, Jess at The Guardian, Lisa, Marie and Hannah at Doc Society
a massive shout out to We Are Parable and London Flair for supporting the project. And of course
the creative team behind it, every single creative hand that touched this project thank you so much;
Damian Paul Daniel, Toby Lloyd, Amber Saunders,
Iwana Binyan, Devon Lawford, Campbell X thank you for sharing your creativity with us
and of course my co-producer Emma Cooper for being an ally and a champion, thank you so much.
And yeah I wanna thank my mum and my partner Phoenix for being my backbone
and most importantly thank you G for sharing your story with us, for trusting us. Thank you.
Don't worry I'm a cop, I'm used to handling emotions.
Fostered, abused, displaced, devalued, denied and traumatised. There's a quote by the late
James Baldwin, "it took many years of vomiting up the filth I had been taught about myself and half
believed before I was able to walk on this earth as though I had a right to be here".
I have a right to be here.
I have a right to be heard.
Thank you to Cherish and their team, and the guys up there.
Thank you to all those who came before us and upon whose shoulders we now
claim these rights. I hope in some way through the work we are doing we have inspired others
to also find themselves. Thank you BAFTA for hearing us. Thank you everybody this is
beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of in my life.