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Leon is a mixed-race teenager close to his grandmother, the only person he knows from the Jamaican side of his family. When he goes to her Nine Nights and meets the rest of his family for the first time, he begins to understand that identity is more than skin deep.
PICKNEY, will screen as part of the magical ones program.
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**The film will also be available for viewing online from Oct 30 to Nov 3. Check our “How to Watch” page for step by step instructions.**
Michael Jenkins is a writer/director of film and TV and believes passionately in the role of film as an engine for change and understanding. Voted among the 100 most influential people in Bristol in the BME power list 2018 he has won multiple awards including two RTS West awards in 2018 and 2021. ‘PICKNEY’, a short film he wrote and directed – BFI backed – won an audience award at the American Black FilmFestival in 2021 and screened at various festivals around the world including Third Horizon film festival, PAFF, and the Caribbean International Tales. Currently, Michael is a writer in residence for 5 Acts Productions, an ITV studios Label and the co artistic director of the Bristol School of Acting.
Michael Jenkins is a writer/director of film and TV and believes passionately in the role of film as an engine for change and understanding. Voted among the 100 most influential people in Bristol in the BME power list 2018 he has won multiple awards including two RTS West awards in 2018 and 2021. ‘PICKNEY’, a short film he wrote and directed – BFI backed – won an audience award at the American Black FilmFestival in 2021 and screened at various festivals around the world including Third Horizon film festival, PAFF, and the Caribbean International Tales. Currently, Michael is a writer in residence for 5 Acts Productions, an ITV studios Label and the co artistic director of the Bristol School of Acting.