WHITE NANNY BLACK CHILD Acquired by Paramount+

Paramount+ have acquired GSA, French and Italian streaming rights from Together Films for BAFTA-winning documentary White Nanny, Black Child, a DocHearts and Tigerlily Productions film from director Andy Mundy-Castle . The film will launch on the platform on the 13th of December 2024.

The deal was brokered by Jess Reilly , Sales & Acquisitions Manager at Together Films, with Jemma Yates , SVP of Global Acquisitions at Paramount+.

Commissioned by Channel 5 (UK) and co financed by BFI Doc Society fund, the film explores the story of over 70,000 West African children who were fostered unofficially by white British families between 1955 and 1995.?

Following a group of nine adults who share their experiences of being fostered at a therapeutic retreat, White Nanny, Black Child presents a personal, moving and sometimes unsettling meditation on identity, belonging and the nature of family.

The film, which won a BAFTA in May for Best Specialist Factual, had also previously received a Royal Television Society Award for Best History Documentary and the Representation of Race & Ethnicity Award at the 2024 MIPCOM Cannes Diversify TV Awards. The judges described it as a “fearless production and a unanimous winner.”

The film is directed by Andy Mundy-Castle (David is Dying, The Fade, Jimmy Akingbola: Handle with Care) and produced by the award-winning Natasha D. (Eno, Blue Bag Life, The Lovers and the Despot).