Netflix’s top U.K. content executives have underlined the streamer’s ongoing efforts in the fields of empowering diversity and disability, both on and off-screen. Speaking at the Edinbu…
, director of U.K. features, revealed that they favored the “show not tell” approach towards achieving diversity and disability goals.
“I’ve been on the ground as a producer and I can see where there’s gaps,” said Lamptey. “I think when we talk about diversity, we talk about doing so much, and actually, if I can help five people, that’s what I’ll do. If you help those five people, they can reach out to their networks.” The executives also discussed a “U.K. out” approach to local programming where the focus was on serving U.K. subscribers first, but with a global outlook.
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