The Black Cop
Short film Completed 2022
Director
Cherish Oteka
Producer
Emma Cooper
Doc Society helped with
Production
This intimate portrait of Gamal 'G' Turawa, an ex-Metropolitan police officer, explores his memories of racially profiling and harassing black people and homophobia in his early career. Now an openly gay man, Turawa’s story is a multi-layered one and sits in the centre of three pivotal moments in recent British history, from the black communities’ resistance of oppressive policing, to the push for LGBTQIA equality and the aftermath of the west African 'farming' phenomenon, where white families took care of black children outside the remit of local authorities.
Winner of BAFTA Best Short Film 2022
Watch here on Guardian Documentaries
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