
In the Studio: Tinuke Craig
The Documentary Podcast
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The Importance of Emotional and Convincing Performances
After leaving school, Tinew went to university to study English and drama. She trained as a director at Lambda in London but soon realised the directing world wasn't an equal playing field. When you come to a scene that's about any kind of grief or trauma like you don't necessarily know what the performers personally relationship is to that stuff. And so you need to find something that feels really truthful for the character but also isn't going to put the performer in a vulnerable or unsafe position. Nadine who plays the mother is working on her big aria before the funeral of her son. It's a very important and heart-wrenching scene and I wonder how to new breaks the
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