{{Short description|2021 British film by debbie tucker green}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Ear for Eye | image = Ear for Eye film poster.png | alt = | caption = Film poster | director = debbie tucker green | producer = Fiona Lamptey | writer = debbie tucker green | starring = {{Plainlist| * Lashana Lynch * Tosin Cole * Carmen Munroe * Danny Sapani * Nadine Marshall * Arinzé Kene * Jade Anouka }} | music = | cinematography = | editing = Mdhamiri Á Nkemi | production_companies = {{Plainlist| * BBC Film * British Film Institute * Fruit Tree Media * Eon Productions }} | distributor = BBC | released = {{Film date|2021|10|16|df=y|LFF|2021|10|16}} | runtime = 88 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=E0BA0380-8751-4BCA-ABFB-73C58E340BE0&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=7743DA9B-6C47-44A6-9021-E952A0931469|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010203658/https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=E0BA0380-8751-4BCA-ABFB-73C58E340BE0&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=7743DA9B-6C47-44A6-9021-E952A0931469|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2021|title=Ear for Eye|website=BFI London Film Festival|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref> | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Ear for Eye''''' (stylized as ''ear for eye'') is a 2021 British drama film, written and directed by debbie tucker green, based upon her play of the same name. It stars Lashana Lynch, Tosin Cole, Carmen Munroe, Danny Sapani, Nadine Marshall, Arinzé Kene and Jade Anouka. Like the play, the characters are anonymous members of anonymous British and American families, telling their stories of the racial injustice experienced by Black citizens;<ref>{{cite interview |subject-first=debbie |subject-last=tucker green |subject-link=debbie tucker green |interviewer-first=Ife |interviewer-last=Olujobi |title=Let the Words Do the Work: debbie tucker green on ''ear for eye'' |publisher=The Criterion Collection |date=2023-04-28 |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8131-let-the-words-do-the-work-debbie-tucker-green-on-ear-for-eye?srsltid=AfmBOopV8R_IFJhE4D3ygWK3xPNhQY-1omRoBZQrJ4Vny8yV7zwlcN_l |access-date=2026-02-15}}</ref> in the play, they are simply identified as Mom, Dad, Woman and so on, though the film credits add UK or US to these identifiers.<ref>{{cite web |first=Benjamin |last=Yeoh |author-link=Benjamin Yeoh |title=Ear For Eye, Debbie Tucker Green, Thoughts Sparked By The Play |website=thendobetter.com |department=Arts |date=2018-11-03 |url=https://www.thendobetter.com/arts/2018/11/3/ear-for-eye-debbie-tucker-green-thoughts-sparked-by-the-play |access-date=2026-02-15}}</ref>
The film had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 16 October 2021, and aired on the BBC on the same day.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| * Sharlene Whyte as US Mom * David Gyasi as US Dad * Carmen Munroe as US Elder Woman * Jade Anouka as UK Woman * Danny Sapani as US Adult * Tosin Cole as US Young Adult * Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ as UK Friend 1 * Danielle Vitalis as UK Friend 2 * Nadine Marshall as UK Mum * Arinzé Kene as UK Man * Nakhane as US They/Them * Lashana Lynch as US Female * Demetri Goritsas as US Male }}
==Production== In December 2020, it was announced Lashana Lynch, Tosin Cole, Carmen Munroe, Danny Sapani, Nadine Marshall, Arinzé Kene and Jade Anouka had joined the cast of the film, with debbie tucker green directing from a screenplay she wrote. Barbara Broccoli would serve as an executive producer under her Eon Productions banner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/lashana-lynch-ear-for-eye-hit-play-1234635578/|title=Lashana Lynch Wraps UK Indie Feature 'Ear For Eye' Based On Hit Play|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Tom|last=Grater|date=1 December 2020|accessdate=23 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/debbie-tucker-greens-ear-for-eye-starring-lashana-lynch-wraps-uk-shoot/5155394.article|title=debbie tucker green's 'Ear For Eye', starring Lashana Lynch, wraps UK shoot|website=Screen International|first=Michael|last=Rosser|date=1 December 2020|accessdate=23 January 2021}}</ref>
Principal photography took place at Kennington Film Studios in London, and concluded by December 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/395649/|title=debbie tucker green's second feature, ear for eye, wraps production|website=Cineuropa|first=Kaleem|last=Aftab|date=3 December 2020|accessdate=23 January 2021}}</ref>
==Release== The film had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 16 October 2021, and was also aired that same day on BBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/debbie-tucker-green-ear-for-eye-bfi-london-film-festival-1235049669/|title=Debbie Tucker Green's 'Ear for Eye' to Premiere at BFI London Film Festival, BBC|website=Variety|first=Naman|last=Ramachandran|date=26 August 2021|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref>
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Category:2021 films Category:British drama films Category:BBC Film films Category:Eon Productions films Category:Films shot in London Category:2021 drama films Category:2021 English-language films Category:2021 British films Category:English-language drama films