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The Murder of Stephen Lawrence is a British television true crime drama film, written and directed by Paul Greengrass, that first broadcast on ITV on 18 February 1999. It won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama.
The film, based on the murder committed on 22 April 1993, follows Stephen's parents' Doreen and Neville's quest for justice as a gang of racist teenagers are tried for their son's murder. Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Hugh Quarshie star as Doreen and Neville, with Leon Black playing Stephen, and Ashley Walters, Millicent Gezi, Joseph Kpobie and Brian Bovell also amongst the main cast.




Production


The film was first conceived in 1997, with then head of drama at ITV, Nick Elliott, commissioning the project before a script had even been written. Producer Mark Readhead said a key part of the film was to "concentrate on the personal, rather than police, procedures", in order to create a "true story". The film was notable for being actress Jean-Baptiste's first British screen role since her Oscar nomination for Secrets and Lies.




Cast


Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Doreen Lawrence
Hugh Quarshie as Neville Lawrence
Leon Black as Stephen Lawrence
Ashley Walters as Stuart Lawrence
Millicent Gezi as Georgina Lawrence
Joseph Kpobie as Duwayne Brooks
Brian Bovell as Uncle
Jo Martin as Cheryl Sloley
Shaun Chawdhary as Imran Khan
Kenneth Cranham as Michael Mansfield QC
David Calder as Sir Paul Condon
Stafford Gordon as DAC Ian Johnston
Michael Feast as DCS Ilsley
David Schaal as DS Bevan
Jenny Tarren as WDC Holden
Natasha Williams as Clara
Dona Croll as Ros Howells OBE
Ricci Harnett as Neil Acourt
Lee Colley as Jamie Acourt
Darren Morfitt as Luke Knight
Neil Maskell as Gary Dobson
Dominic Power as David Norris




Home media


The film was released on VHS in the United States on 23 April 2002, but this remains the only home release.




Legacy and sequel


In the wake of various Black Lives Matter protests, and as part of ITV's "Black Voices" strand, the drama was repeated on ITV in July 2020, immediately after an hour-long debate programme titled Stephen Lawrence: Has Britain Changed?
In July 2020, it was announced that a new, three-part sequel to the 1999 drama had been commissioned by ITV. The series will be set 13 years after Lawrence's death and will depict his parents’ fight for justice. The series, entitled Stephen was broadcast from 30 August to 13 September 2021.




References






External links


The Murder of Stephen Lawrence at IMDb

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