{"id":48433,"date":"2016-07-27T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=48433"},"modified":"2016-07-27T19:42:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T19:42:19","slug":"skin-deep-meets-stella-corradi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=48433","title":{"rendered":"Skin Deep Meets Stella Corradi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Skin Deep Meets Stella Corradi<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Skin Deep: Race + Culture<\/a>
\nLondon, England, United Kingdom
\n2016-07-08<\/p>\n

Anuradha Henriques<\/strong><\/a>, Editor<\/p>\n

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East London writer and director Stella Corradi talks fantasy, addiction and her short film \u201cLittle Soldier\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Stella Corradi, East London<\/a> born and bred, is the writer and director behind the short film Little Soldier<\/em>. Loosely influenced by Corradi\u2019s own personal childhood and memories, Little Soldier<\/em> tells of the power of a child\u2019s imagination to overcome her reality. It addresses that tempestuous and deeply instinctive love between a mother and child and how that love transcends any obstacle or circumstance.<\/p>\n

The film was selected through Film London\u2019s<\/a> London Calling<\/em> scheme in 2015 out of hundreds of submissions, and has recently been awarded a Special Jury Mention Award by Film London. The film has also been nominated for the Best UK Short at the East End Film Festival<\/a> 2016. Corradi is a force to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n

I was lucky enough to work with Stella on a film shoot in London<\/a> over the last few weeks. Most days after work she would give me a lift home and we would talk about food, politics and UK grime<\/a> and garage<\/a>. I recorded this interview in the car on one of those journeys, whilst she navigated the lane drifters on the A40<\/a>…<\/p>\n

…AH<\/strong>: What is the film about?<\/p>\n

SC<\/strong>: The film is about a ten year old girl, Anya, who lives with her mother who suffers from addiction. Anya is working for her mother\u2019s boyfriend, Derek, who comes between them. To protect her mother and her home, she has to get rid of Derek. She uses her imagination to deal with this reality, to give her power and agency…<\/p>\n

…AH<\/strong>: In inner city London you can\u2019t separate class from race. The majority of working class people in London are people of colour. So your casting, whether conscious or not, is a reflection of this intersection of class and race.<\/p>\n