What Get Millie Black adds to the conversation around Jamaican representation
Culture critics Sharine Taylor, Danae Peart and Jovanté Anderson discuss the new HBO crime drama series
The new HBO crime series Get Millie Black follows the titular former Scotland Yard detective who returns home to work as a missing persons detective for Jamaica's police force. There, she encounters a missing persons case that threatens to turn her world upside down.
The Caribbean setting is not the only aspect that sets this detective show apart from others on HBO's roster. Notably, the show centers trans and queer Jamaican people. But how well does it address the gendered violence that affects the country's trans and queer communities, and the realities of living in Jamaica overall?
Today on Commotion, guest host Ali Hassan is joined by culture critics Sharine Taylor, Danae Peart and Jovanté Anderson to discuss what Get Millie Black adds to the conversation about Jamaican representation on TV.
You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Panel produced by Ty Callender.