From memoir to movie: the story behind the Boy with the Topknot
Highlights of an exclusive event about The Boy with the Topknot in 成人快手 Birmingham.
The 成人快手 Two drama The Boy with the Topknot was based on a true story. That made the jobs of its writer, producer and director all the more complicated as they worked with actors, commissioners and those who are represented on screen.
The 90 minute film the Boy with the Topknot, shown on 成人快手 Two, was eight years in the making. It was adapted from a memoir by the journalist Sathnam Sanghera about his upbringing in Wolverhampton and relations as an adult with his family.
Jessica Dromgoole asked Sathnam Sanghera, the film鈥檚 producer Nisha Parti and its director Lynsey Miller about how the film was made and how their work was affected by its portraying living people 鈥� including Sathnan and his parents.
The podcast presents highlights from a recent event at 成人快手 Birmingham chaired by Jessica Dromgoole, a 成人快手 drama editor.
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