Black Sheep - Oscars 2019 Short Documentary Nominee

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Everything changed for Cornelius Walker on 27 November 2000 when Damilola Taylor was killed Damilola was 11 the same age as Cornelius He lived five minutes away He had the same skin colour Cornelius s mother scared for her son s safety moved their family out of London Cornelius suddenly found himself living on a white estate run by racists But rather than fight them Cornelius decided to become more like the people who hated him They became his family and kept him safe And in return Cornelius became submerged in a culture of violence and hatred But as the violence and racism against other black people continued Cornelius struggled to marry his real identity with the one he had acquired Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube a http 3A 2F 2Fis gd 2Fsubscribeguardian a Support the Guardian a https 3A 2F 2Fsupport theguardian com 2Fcontribute a Today in Focus podcast a https 3A 2F 2Fwww theguardian com 2Fnews 2Fseries 2Ftodayinfocus a Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter a https 3A 2F 2Fwww theguardian com 2Finfo 2F2016 2Fsep 2F02 2Fsign-up-for-the-guardian-documentaries-update a The Guardian a https 3A 2F 2Fwww theguardian com a The Guardian YouTube network Guardian News a http 3A 2F 2Fis gd 2Fguardianwires a Owen Jones talks a http 3A 2F 2Fbit ly 2Fsubsowenjones a Guardian Football a http 3A 2F 2Fis gd 2Fguardianfootball a Guardian Sport a http 3A 2F 2Fbit ly 2FGDNsport a Guardian Culture a http 3A 2F 2Fis gd 2Fguardianculture a

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