WORDS ROXY BOURDILLON
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“I’m fed up with having straight, cis, white people tell queer stories.” Maisie Richardson- Sellers is venting about one of her specialist subjects: LGBTQI representation. Yes, it’s brilliant to see the proliferation of sapphic period dramas like Colette, Vita & Virginia and Oscars darling, The Favourite, but – and it’s an important but – where are the women of colour? Where are the urgent, contemporary storylines? Where are the out queer actors in lead parts? Maisie has a theory. “It’s like there’s a sort of glass ceiling. Once the queer film is of a certain size and budget, suddenly you only see straight actors playing these roles. I really think it’s time to push back and create the art that we want to see.”