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Noel Clarke delivered an impassioned speech celebrating “my young black boys and girls out there” as he accepted a special award on the opening night of the Baftas.
The actor, writer and director, 45, received the gong for outstanding British contribution to cinema during Saturday’s broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Clarke was first recognised by Bafta in 2009, when he won the Rising Star prize.
Recalling that night, he said: “Thirteen years ago when I won the rising star award I bounced off my chair and I popped my collar as I went up.
Noel Clarke hails the underrepresented during impassioned Bafta speech
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Noel Clarke hails the underrepresented during impassioned Bafta speech
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