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Foresight – A Sci-Fi Anthology Series Written, directed, and produced by culturally diverse filmmakers who call the UK home, Foresight is a compilation of short films set in the UK that imagine the future for Black and Brown characters. This urgent anthology explores alternate realities through the lens of five Black British Directors and presents a point of view continually missing from our screens... a future where People of Colour exist! Foresight is Fruittree Media production curated and produced by Fiona Lamptey and commissioned by Film4 and subsequently supported by the Young Audiences Content Fund, which is managed by the BFI. Fiona (currently Director of UK film at Netflix) reveals that, “I started thinking of putting this series together just after the Brexit verdict. It seems like the world is a different place now but the themes of each of the films deeply resonate then and now. At the time there was a rising level of racism, xenophobia, and 56
intolerance – all related to some of the messaging surrounding Brexit. But despite the real and future impact of Brexit on People of Colour, it felt like our concerns and voices were missing from the Brexit conversation. The conversation has intensified over the years – there is much talk and what seems like even less understanding.” “Foresight presented the opportunity to address the uncertainty that living in the UK posed at the time and allowed us to shift the dynamic to see the UK through the eyes of those left out of the conversation; those who care about their future and the place in which they call home. Foresight is a response to what it means to be a Person of Colour living in the UK. Although these films don’t present an idyllic future, my hope is that by imagining the future, we can kickstart a necessary conversation and inspire change. We don’t want the futures presented in these films, so what do we do to change that?”
