• Episode 31: Kaylen Francis

  • Jan 19 2023
  • Length: 23 mins
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Episode 31: Kaylen Francis

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  • Kaylen is an actor, writer, director and producer from South London. Kaylen started his career as an actor, but after finding himself often typecast, he started writing and directing himself. 



    Kaylen is one of our creators for IN THE MIX 2022. IN THE MIX 2022 was developed by BBC Studios TalentWorks and Black Creators Matter, in partnership with the Barbican. If you search ‘BBC Reel Found in Translation’, you can watch all the films produced for this project. 





    In this episode, Shukri and Kaylen discuss - 



    • How Kaylen used basketball to corral his friends into making films with him, whilst at university


    • What acting advice he was given by John Boyega


    • How Kaylen has brought cinematic style filmmaking to documentary making for his film for IN THE MIX 2022



    Kaylen’s clips -




    • Early - Kaylen short film ‘Family Matters’ (written and directed by him)


    • Most significant - Kaylen’s short film ‘The Healer’ for the John Boyega and the Converse Create Next Film Project


    • Now - Kaylen’s documentary ‘Naag Nool’, created for the project IN THE MIX 2022.




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