Instead, issues were raised about how arguably poor the representation of black women had been in the episode screened, particularly in light of how crucial many black women had been to the Black Power Movement in the UK during the 1970s, in figures such as Althea Jones-Lecointe.
Freida Pinto does not appear to have been moved to tears by questions over her casting in British Black Power Movement drama Guerilla, but seemingly more by the show’s director and his account of his interracial marriage.
“No characters in the episode reflected the historic leadership contributions of Black African and African-Caribbean women to Britain’s Black Power movement and anti-racist history.”
During a panel, in which the first episode of the show was screened, a discussion arose over the show’s representation of black women, which previous reports seemed to suggest had been heated in nature and consequently led to Pinto becoming emotional.