Film-maker steps down over academy’s ‘utterly unforgivable’ handling of incident

‘The organisation’s handling of the unfortunate Tourette’s N-word incident last night at the awards was utterly unforgivable,’ says Jonte Richardson

When John Davidson involuntarily shouted racial abuse at Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan it set off two sets of alarm bells that should have been heeded much quicker and better

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

Film-maker steps down over academy’s ‘utterly unforgivable’ handling of incident

A BAFTA jury member has quit after a Tourette's advocate shouted a racial slur while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage at the BAFTAs.

Chief content officer Kate Phillips tells staff she is ‘so sorry’ only one racial slur by Tourette campaigner was not edited from recorded broadcastPeter Bradshaw: why the dust…