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Blue Story: is banning the film racist?

Rapman’s movie was pulled after a brawl at a cinema.

Blue Story, a film about two young black boys from different London postcodes who get caught up in rival gangs went on general release on Friday. By Saturday two cinema chains, Vue and Showcase, had pulled the film from all their cinemas. The decision was made after a mass fight broke out at the Star City multiplex, in Birmingham. Six people have been arrested and although Showcase has reversed its decision, there has been a huge backlash with people calling the move racist. We speak to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Tolu Adeoye, and Andrew Efah who worked with Rapman. And we also hear from Vic Santoro, one of the actors in Blue Story.

Presented by Tina Daheley
Producers: Philly Beaumont and Seren Jones
Mixed by Nicolas Raufast
Editor: John Shields

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