The acclaimed British director and artist Steve McQueen has launched a furious condemnation of British film and television makers, accusing them of a “shameful” failure to employ a diverse workforce.
Basically, if you want to examine race and class in this country, start by going in a film set..”
The attack from the director of Widows and 12 Years A Slave comes in the wake of international protests against racism.
Small Axe was produced, he said, with every effort to find BAME workers, but still fell short of his aims.