Nadine Marsh-Edwards (born 1960 or 1963) is an English film producer. She has been described as "a pivotal force in developing a black British cinema".

Life

Marsh-Edwards graduated from Goldsmiths College before cofounding the Sankofa Film and Video Collective with Isaac Julien, Maureen Blackwood, Martina Attille and Robert Crusz in 1983. She produced films made by several others in the collective before moving to a more commercial success with Gurinder Chadha's 1994 film ''

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''. In 2010 Marsh-Edwards founded the production company Greenacre Films with Amanda Jenks. It became a division of

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in 2012. In 2015 Ealing Studios acquired a stake. The company produced the 2018 Netflix original film ''

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''. In 2019 they announced a first-look TV deal with Banijay. They also announced work on TV adaptations of two novels by Indian writer

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, '' The Space Between Us'' and its sequel ''The Secrets Between Us'', as well as work with screenwriter

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. In 2021 Greenacre entered into a partnership to help produce a biopic by

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about the life of

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. In 2021 a collaboration was announced between Greenacre Films and Akala, for a

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documentary based on Akala's book '' Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire''. In 2018 Marsh-Edwards accused the London nightclub ''Drama'' of charging black women twice as much as white women, tweeting "They need to be reminded that it's London 2018 not Mississippi 1962". Her allegations prmpted other accusation of racism at the nightclub, and were investigated by Westminster Council. ITV also commissioned Greenacre to produce a six-part drama, ''Riches'', written by Abby Ajayi.

Filmography

* (as director) ''A Women's Place'', 1983. * (as assistant editor) ''Majdhar'', dir. by Ahmed Alauddin Jamal, 1984. * (as editor) ''Territories'', dir. by Isaac Julien, 1986. * (as production manager and editor)''The Passion of Remembrance'', dir. by Isaac Julien, 1986. * (as producer) ''Perfect Image?'', dir. by Maureen Blackwood, 1988 * (as production manager) ''Dreaming Rivers'', dir by Martina Attille, 1988 * (as producer and casting) ''

Looking for Langston ''Looking for Langston'' is a 1989 British black-and-white film, directed by Isaac Julien and produced by Sankofa Film & Video Productions. It combines authentic archival newsreel footage of Harlem in the 1920s with scripted scenes to produce a ...

'', dir. by Isaac Julien, 1989 * (as producer) ''A Nice Arrangement'', dir. by Gurinder Chadha, 1991 * (as producer) '' Young Soul Rebels'', dir. by Isaac Julien, 1992 * (as producer) ''A Family Called Abrew'', dir. by Maureen Blackwood, 1992 * (as executive producer) ''Flight of the Swan'', dir. by Ngozi Onwurah, 1992 * (as executive producer) ''Home away from Home'', dir. by Maureen Blackwood, 1993 * (as producer) ''The Posse – Armed and Dangerous'', dir. by

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, 1993 * (as producer) ''

'', dir. by Gurinder Chadha, 1994. * (as executive producer) ''Fathers, Sons, and Unholy Ghosts'', dir. by Danny Thompson, 1994 * (as a partner in Xencat Productions) '' Jump the Gun'', dir. by

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, 1997. * (as executive producer) ''Lucky Day'', dir. by Brian Tilley, 1999 * (As executive producer) ''Husk'', dir. by Jeremy Handler, 1999 * (as executive producer) ''Portrait of a Young Man Drowning'', dir. by Teboho Mahlatsi, 1999. * (as co-producer) ''

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'', dir. by

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, 2000 * (as executive producer) ''Nasty Neighbours'', dir. by Debbie Isett, 2001 * (as development executive) ''

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'', dir. by Richard Laxton, 2009 * (as producer) ''

'', dir. by Tinge Krishnan, 2018.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marsh-Edwards, Nadine 1960 births Living people Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London English film producers