{"id":59595,"date":"2020-03-06T16:27:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T16:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=59595"},"modified":"2020-03-06T16:27:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T16:27:42","slug":"bbc-one-to-adapt-kit-de-waals-my-name-is-leon-into-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=59595","title":{"rendered":"BBC One to adapt Kit de Waal’s My Name is Leon into film"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC One to adapt Kit de Waal’s <\/strong><\/em>My Name is Leon<\/strong> into film<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Book Seller: At the Heart of Publishing since 1858<\/a>
\n2020-02-25<\/p>\n

Florence Leslie<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nKit de Waal<\/small><\/a><\/p>\n

BBC One<\/a> will adapt Kit de Waal’s<\/a> novel My Name is Leon<\/em><\/a> (Simon & Schuster) into a film.<\/p>\n

My Name is Leon<\/em> will be adapted by Shola Amoo<\/a>, writing his first screenplay for television and directed by Kibwe Tavares<\/a>. It will be produced by Douglas Road Productions<\/a> for BBC One.<\/p>\n

Set in 1980s Britain<\/a>, My Name is Leon<\/em> tells the \u201cuplifting and incredibly moving story of nine year old Leon, a mixed-race boy whose desire is to keep his family together, as his single-parent mother suffers a devastating breakdown\u201d according to its synopsis.<\/p>\n

Amoo said: \u201cI\u2019m very excited to be a part of this ground-breaking project for the BBC. It was a real honour and privilege to adapt Kit De Waal\u2019s touching and thought-provoking book for the screen and I can\u2019t wait to share it with the world.\u201d…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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