Cynthia Erivo and Michaela Coel confirmed to headline in the BBC’s first virtual Creative Diversity Xperience

June Sarpong, the BBC’s Director of Creative Diversity, has announced that CDX will take place on 28 – 29 July. The two-day, new virtual offering like no other in this space from the BBC will showcase the vibrancy, innovation and leadership of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic talent in the creative industry. CDX is a... Read More

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June 29, 2020

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Weruche Opia is the next Nigerian actress you should be stanning

You might not have heard of Weruche Opia, but you certainly know her family. Her mother, the veteran broadcaster Ruth Benamasia Opia is renowned for her nearly 3 decades on national television hosting a series of shows, most prominently, Nightline, a human interest show, that showed slice of life stories. Weruche is no stranger to... Read More

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January 25, 2019

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Michaela Coel is a genocide survivor in ‘Black Earth Rising,’ which arrives Netflix today

Michaela Coel has taken on another project post-Chewing Gum, the Netflix British comedy that thrust her into the spotlight. This one, titled Black Earth Rising, is dark and quietly disturbing as it focuses on Coel as a woman who was rescued as a young child during the Rwandan genocide and adopted by Eve Ashby (Harriet Walter),... Read More

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September 29, 2018

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Move over, La La Land! Michaela Coel and Arinzé Kene star in black musical ‘Been So Long’ and it’s coming to Netflix!

Confession: I still haven’t seen La La Land and I don’t care at this point. Why? Because we’ll be having our own version! Announced recently by Netflix’s black-inclined outlet Strong Black Lead, the feature-length black musical Been So Long will be coming to Netflix and it stars Chewing Gum star Michaela Coel and underrated actor... Read More

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August 14, 2018

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The trailer for the BBC Two and Netflix thriller “Black Earth Rising” is here, and it’s gripping

I’m still not over the casting of Michaela Coel in the BBC Two and Netflix thriller Black Earth Rising, which we reported in May. Perhaps it’s a withdrawal symptom of not watching her anymore in Chewing Gum, a show she created and wrote and whimsically starred as the lead role. Unlike Chewing Gum‘s relaxed themes,... Read More

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May 1, 2018

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Michaela Coel to star in BBC, Netflix war crimes drama “Black Earth Rising

There are many reasons to love Michaela Coel. Aside from giving us the religious but Beyonce-obsessed Tracey Gordon in the British sitcom Chewing Gum, she’s also starred in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Black Mirror, making her one of the UK’s rising stars. Now, Coel will be joining other A-list names for the Netflix... Read More

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June 6, 2017

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British-Ghanaian actress, Michaela Coel creates RnB musical, titled “Been So Long”

by Rachel Ogbu// British-Ghanaian award-winning actress Michaela Coel, 29, is preparing for the release of her new project, a musical film titled “Been So Long” which combines R&B and neo-soul sounds. After creating the successful TV series ‘Chewing Gum’ now in its 2nd season on Netflix, Coel’s new black love story based in Camden features her as a single mother... Read More

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