CUTAWAY
ScreenSk ills Pro- Crea te
Natalie Edwards Yesufu
INTERVIEW WITH
two of the 50 Black producer mentees from ScreenSkills ProCreate Mentoring Programme in Association with S.O.U.L. Fest 2021 What is your role and specialism? Natalie: Hello, my name is Natalie Edwards Yesufu. I’m the founder of Transition Stage Company, specialising in film, theatre and now moving into documentary and factual formats for TV. 60
Colin Charles
Colin: My name is Colin Charles and I’m a creative producer at African Futurist Arts. I’ve had a 20-year career in Africa as a creative director at an advertising agency and now I think that producing movies is the best thing I could possibly do. Why did you want to be mentored? Natalie: It’s just really getting that support from someone who is doing what I’m doing or knows about it and can guide me.