#53 | An Honest Talk About the Film Industry with Screenwriter Lorna King

Lorna King is a Ghanaian-Scottish screenwriter and filmmaker. In this episode, she opens up about her journey into the film industry, and the good and bad that's come alongside it. She specifically talks about her process of studying for a Masters in Screenwriting, how she has navigated the industry as a Black neurodivergent woman, balancing work/life when work is life, and how the industry really treats the mental wellbeing of its workers.

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Episode notes:

• Follow Lorna on Twitter @Lorna_King
• Read her piece for the Black Ballad, "How Systems Of Oppression Use Storytelling To "Hack" Our Brains"

Credits:

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