Edinburgh TV Festival Reveals First Sessions, Including Debate on Deportation Drama ‘Sitting in Limbo’

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British television industry event the Edinburgh TV Festival, which runs in a digital format this year from Aug. 24-27, has revealed the first sessions of its lineup, as well as revealing a pre-fest…

, which runs in a digital format this year from Aug. 24-27, has revealed the first sessions of its lineup, as well as revealing a pre-festival session that will look at how issues concerning race are tackled by filmmakers.” will be the subject of a session exploring how Stephen S. Thompson, a writer new to TV, took his brother’s experience of the “Windrush controversy” – in which British people from the Caribbean were unlawfully threatened with deportation – to the TV screen.

In an interactive session, artist, writer and broadcaster Grayson Perry will encourage delegates to create art, as he has done in his TV show “Grayson’s Art Club.” Perry will be joined by Philippa Perry to bring the Swann Films and All3 Media International show for Channel 4 to the festival in an “Edinburgh Does…” special.

As previously announced, all events and activities for this year’s festival will be free to freelancers who are being particularly affected by the Covid-19 crisis.

 

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