Black Bridget Jones explores love, race and identity
2 hours ago
Yasmin Rufo,BBC News, @YasminRufo
Channel 4Creating a Bridget Jones-style character is nothing new.
In hundreds of books, films and television series, you will find chaotic, boy-obsessed millennial women all chasing after them. of the same goal: to find their one true love.
But one of those characters who made it through was Queenie.
Dubbed as "Black Bridget Jones" by the book's author Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie is a 25-year-old British-Jamaican woman from Brixton, south London.
In addition to going through the usual trials and tribulations of a single woman in her 20s - think horror stories and daily identity crises - she is also fighting against a system that seems to be against her.
"That's what makes her a thousand times more political than Bridget Jones," explains Carty-Williams, 34.
The best-selling book of 2019 has now been adapted into an eight-part drama on Channel 4.
"It was a huge challenge having to cut 100,000 words into eight sets of 25-minute episodes,” says Carty-Williams. "You feel protective of the storylines and want to make sure you stay true to the characters and events." https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5- 11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ news/320/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 320w,https: //ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5 -11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640 /cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 640w,https https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef -a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 1024w,https:/ /ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef -a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news /480/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Channel 4 Dionne Brown as Queenie" class="sc-fd6cb93-0 hvRJnO "/>Channel 4
Described by The Guardian as an "important political work on black womanhood and black British life", Queenie does not shy away from tackling issues issues such as everyday racism, feeling out of place and mental health.
In the first episode alone, Queenie faces a gynecology appointment that...
2 hours ago
Yasmin Rufo,BBC News, @YasminRufo
Channel 4Creating a Bridget Jones-style character is nothing new.
In hundreds of books, films and television series, you will find chaotic, boy-obsessed millennial women all chasing after them. of the same goal: to find their one true love.
But one of those characters who made it through was Queenie.
Dubbed as "Black Bridget Jones" by the book's author Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie is a 25-year-old British-Jamaican woman from Brixton, south London.
In addition to going through the usual trials and tribulations of a single woman in her 20s - think horror stories and daily identity crises - she is also fighting against a system that seems to be against her.
"That's what makes her a thousand times more political than Bridget Jones," explains Carty-Williams, 34.
The best-selling book of 2019 has now been adapted into an eight-part drama on Channel 4.
"It was a huge challenge having to cut 100,000 words into eight sets of 25-minute episodes,” says Carty-Williams. "You feel protective of the storylines and want to make sure you stay true to the characters and events." https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5- 11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ news/320/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 320w,https: //ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5 -11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640 /cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 640w,https https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef -a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 1024w,https:/ /ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef -a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news /480/cpsprodpb/5a60/live/f2949940-21a5-11ef-a52c-c331d140cb33.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Channel 4 Dionne Brown as Queenie" class="sc-fd6cb93-0 hvRJnO "/>Channel 4
Described by The Guardian as an "important political work on black womanhood and black British life", Queenie does not shy away from tackling issues issues such as everyday racism, feeling out of place and mental health.
In the first episode alone, Queenie faces a gynecology appointment that...
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