by Jane Whyatt in Plovdiv, BulgariaA Kurdish comedian has helped Sweden’s SVT to win the Prix CIRCOM 2016 - Europe’s top prize for television journalism – with ‘Absolut Svensk’.
Plamen Agov • studiolemontree.com, Roman Theatre Plovdiv, CC BY-SA 3.0
It is a mini-series that exposes hidden racism – including the presenter’s own prejudice against black people.Soran Ismail moved to Sweden as a toddler with his parents. He supports the Swedish national football team and thinks of himself as ‘absolutely Swedish’. Yet even his friends call him ‘darkie’ and he faces many examples of everyday discrimination.
In the mini-series of…