‘Get Millie Black’ Creator on What Mattered Most and If He Wants to Do Another Season
Marlon James, winner of the Booker Prize, makes his debut in television with “Get Millie Black,” produced by Motive Pictures for HBO and Channel 4 in the UK. This series is set in Jamaica, where it was penned by the author himself. In her initial lead role, Tamara Lawrance portrays ex-Scotland Yard detective Millie Black. Haunted by a past marked by her failure to save her brother from their mother and the poisonous homophobia of their country, Millie Black finds herself driven to put everything on the line – her life, her job, her relationship with both her sister and her police partner – in an attempt to rescue a young Jamaican boy named Romeo, whom she has never met, from being trafficked back to the UK.
This version aims to maintain the original’s essence while using simpler language for easier comprehension.