NOEL Clarke dedicated his special Bafta Award to "all the black boys and girls out there" during an passionate acceptance speech.
The actor, writer and director, who starred in Kidulthood and Bulletproof, took to the stage to collect the high-profile gong for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema.
Broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall, in his home town London, Noel, 45, made a passionate speech which came 12 years after he scooped Bafta's Rising Star accolade.
This time around, he said his gong was specifically for: "the underrepresented, anyone who sits at home believing that they can achieve more." He added: "This is particularly for my young black boys and girls out there who never believed that this could happen to them.
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