Actor Maxine Peake and filmmaker Paul Sng discuss how working class voices are represented in the media and on screen in the age of populism.
Join us for a wide-ranging conversation about class in Britain today with BAFTA nominee Maxine Peake (Peterloo, I Swear) and filmmaker Paul Sng (Tish, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché). In the post-Brexit landscape, where a surge in popularity for right-wing populism reveals deep fault lines in the relationship between class and notions of Britishness, who gets to tell ‘British’ stories? In discussing their previous work and collaborations, Peake and Sng explore the challenges and craft of telling complex working class stories in a film and TV industry where representation has dropped to its lowest level in over a decade.
Speakers:
Maxine Peake (BAFTA-Nominated Actor, Peterloo, I Swear)
Paul Sng (Filmmaker, Tish, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché)
This event will have British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation and live captions.
Age rating: 16+
