“Our stories belong to the world”
Gamal Turawa has unlocked some amazing conversations by sharing his experiences, and is now the subject of Bafta-awarded film The Black Cop. He joins the podcast to talk about his experience making the film and the moments in his life it depicts, as well as giving up control, compassion for others, imposter syndrome and meeting people where they are in their journey. He also shares some personal stories from childhood, the angels he’s met along the way, and how that’s shaped his life’s work. Gamal is a brilliant guest and we hope listening to his story is as powerful for you as it was for us.
Show Notes:
- Gamal won the BAFTA! Since recording, The Black Cop won the 2022 BAFTA Short Film Award. You can watch it for yourself here. Massive congratulations to all at The Guardian and to G.
- “This painting is going to meet people that I will never meet.” What an incredible example of a value creating mindset; the realisation that our expression and our whole self is of value to others. We have such an opportunity to make a difference with everything we do in our lives. How do we make things better around here? We have a blog post on this very topic which you can read here.
- Gamal Turawa spent 25 years in the London Metropolitan Police Service, delivering programmes on Diversity, Inclusion and Personal Development whilst becoming the UK's first openly Gay Black police officer along the way. His time with the police included a five year secondment to the National Police Improvement Agency where he trained in excess of 3000 officers from all over the world. He is now the founder, managing director and Lead facilitator for Purple Frog Connections, dedicated to “Creating Space For Conversations to take Place.” You can learn more about Purple Frog here.
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- Audio mix and edit by Hula & Co. Music.
A transcript of this episode is available to read here.
