To this day, Coel said, she encounters people who are fans of the show but do not realize it is based on her experience. Other viewers approach her, over social media and in person, to tell her about their own traumas. In February, the series received no nominations for Golden Globes, prompting an outcry from its audience. “It doesn’t do the thing of making people who aren’t white and Western into paragons of virtue,” Copaken said. Coel and Essiedu both received nominations as actors, and Coel was also nominated as a director and as a writer on the series.

Source: International New York Times August 22, 2021 09:00 UTC