Race and Entertainment

Reflections on Racism in Film, TV and the Media

Thandi Lubimbi

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Kamera Books
01 January 2025

Film movie scripts & screenplays; Television scripts & screenplays; Screenwriting techniques; Social discrimination; Media, information & communication industries

Can you write a Black character? Are they going to be authentic? Are you aware of the pitfalls writers often fall into when creating a character of colour?

As a screenwriter you always want to have characters with real depth and authenticity, but too often Black characters fall victim to superficial tropes and negative stereotyping.

This book begins by asking the reader if they can write a Black character. It then asks the reader questions about their knowledge and understanding of race and racism. Exploring the popular representation of law and order, healthcare and celebrity in the entertainment industry and comparing this with the reality of these institutions throughout history and today, Lubimbi opens up the discussion and offers solutions to problems surrounding race, representation and stereotyping

Part analysis and part workbook, Race and Entertainment: Reflections on Racism in Film, TV and the Media will help screenwriters and creative professionals to understand the social construct of racism and how it affects the Black experience, in order for them to be able to write an authentic Black character.

By: Thandi Lubimbi
Imprint: Kamera Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9780857305664
ISBN 10: 0857305662
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 January 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Thandi Lubimbi is a barrister who has spent most of her working life in government. She has been practising criminal law since 2005, and in that time she has worked as a Senior Intelligence Officer for a law enforcement agency and prosecuted regulatory and general crime. Lubimbi is also an award-winning screenwriter. After attending a screenwriting course at the Met Film School in 2014, she began to write scripts regularly. At the 2022 New York Festival, her co-written legal drama, Barred, won Best Digital Drama and The Effect, an Audible sci-fi series on which she was a contributing writer, won Best Podcast.

Reviews for Race and Entertainment: Reflections on Racism in Film, TV and the Media

Well-researched and authentic, Lubimbi delves deep into the challenges of emotionally truthful characterisation and storytelling... This is essential reading for all writers, but especially if you are not BIPOC yourself -- Lucy V. Hay author of Writing Diverse Characters For Fiction, TV or Film