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Diversity-Focused Short Film ‘Play It Safe’ Wins Jury Prize At SXSW

19.03.2021 - 22:49

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A UK-produced short parable about race just won big at the SXSW Film Festival. On Friday, the fest announced that the short film “Play It Safe”, directed by Mitch Kalisa, was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Short.

RELATED: HFPA Commits To ‘At Least 13 Per Cent’ Membership Being Black Journalists Following Diversity Controversy Set in a London, England drama school, the film stars Jonathan Ajayi as a student pigeonholed to play a “Black hoodlum” in a classmate’s play.

RELATED: Michelle Obama Discusses Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Oprah Interview After being coaxed by his teacher to take the role, Jonathan must make the choice of challenging prejudice or playing it safe.

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