BEATing the system with Chi Thai

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Chi Thai is a Vietnamese born, British raised filmmaker. She has been a Cannes Lions finalist three times and her work has competed at Academy accredited festivals. She is part of the Guiding Lights alumnus & listed in Creative England’s Top 50 companies.  She is currently in production with Automat, a new film starring Sophie Wu.   Chi is one of the founders of BEATS: a not-for-profit organisation founded by British East Asians working in Theatre and across the Screen industry seeking to humanise British East Asians, increase the visibility of British East Asians on stage and screen, and advocate for the use of the term British East Asian.   Chi’s #FeministFave is White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo. The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.   Recommendations...   The Ridiculous Darkness The Gate Theatre until Mar 23   Us Against Whatever Hull Truck Mar 27 - Apr 3   Homegrown Festival: Occupy Battersea Arts Centre Mar 19 - Apr 12   The Phlebotomist Hampstead Theatre Mar 19 - Apr 20   Pah-La The Royal Court Apr 3 - 27   Going Through The Bush Mar 28 - Apr 27   Small Island National Theatre Apr 17 - Aug 10   Waitress Adelphi Theatre until Oct 2019