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‘Opening the lid of a horrible secret’: Jamaicans confront enslavement with taboo-busting stories on screen

As violent spirits are unleashed in Sky’s Possession, observers see confident creatives reclaiming the island’s narratives in a form of ‘cultural reparation’ A woman opens a 300‑year‑old box, unleashing a violent spirit – it is the spirit of colonial…

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Andrew Davies admits to drawing on ‘stimulating’ Made in Chelsea for Jane Austen adaptation

Screenwriter points to parallels between two worlds while academic says some of author’s characters ‘would make perfect reality show contestants’If Jane Austen’s novels run on closed social worlds, courtship rituals, status anxiety, gossip and relentle…

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