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A photographer who has been infatuated with her best friend for years goes looking for love elsewhere, but fears her skin tone may be a barrier to happiness. Comedy, starring Adele Oni and Kadeem Pearse

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

It's a depressing state of affairs that respected dermatologist Clare Anyiam-Osigwe is only the sixth Black British woman director to have a feature released in the UK. But she makes a fine impression behind and in front of the camera in this astute assessment of colourism. In addition to writing and directing, Anyiam-Osigwe also plays the best friend of 28-year-old Jade (Adele Oni), a freelance photographer desperately in love with a boyfriend (Kadeem Pearse) who prefers partners with lighter skin, like the feisty Andrea (Sharea Samuels). Jade wishes she could find someone like her friend's fiancé (Algie Salmon-Fattahian) but winds up enduring a series of disastrous dates with the likes of the braying Dominic (Fred Lancaster), who regards a Black girlfriend as something of a trophy. Addressing the issues with a measured maturity that avoids browbeating, this is an engaging study of the problems and prejudices facing Black British women both within their own communities and in a supposedly enlightened society at large.

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6.7/10

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Cast

rolenameJadeAdele OniDannyKadeem PearseGemmaJade AshaMargaretJudith JacobAndreaSharea SamuelsEddyAlgie Salmon-FattahianCarlaClare Anyiam-OsigweDominicFred Lancaster

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rolenameDirectorClare Anyiam-Osigwe

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Theatrical distributor

BUFF Originals

Released on

2018-11-02

Languages

English

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