Film-maker Jonte Richardson cites ‘harm inflicted on both the black and disabled communities’, while New Black Film Collective and MP Dawn Butler criticise BBC’s failure to edit
Peter Bradshaw: the dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row. This is why
A black British film-maker has said he will step down as a Bafta judge over the organisation’s handling of the incident during Sunday’s ceremony during which a Tourette syndrome campaigner shouted a racial slur while two black actors were on stage.
Sinners stars Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were presenting the award for special visual effects when John Davidson, whose life story was adapted into the acclaimed film I Swear, shouted the N-word from the stalls. The actors continued with their presenting duties but appeared shocked.
The audience at the Royal Festival Hall had been briefed before the ceremony began that Davidson was in the audience and so might shout inappropriate language. The TV broadcast of the ceremony, which airs two hours after the live show, failed to edit out Davidson’s outburst, and did not include the forewarning that in-person attendees were offered.
