David Harewood in conversation with David Olusoga

Highly-acclaimed actor David Harewood OBE discusses his journey from his birth in Birmingham to Barbadian parents of the Windrush Generation, to RADA and on to a stellar film and TV career. His on-screen presence, including Homeland, The Night Manager and Supergirl, is lauded equally in the US and the UK.

Harewood talks frankly to broadcaster and historian David Olusoga (author of Black and British), in a conversation ranging across the demands and opportunities of an acting career, the arts as a catalyst for cultural change and the role of celebrity in activism.

From making history playing the National Theatre’s first ever black Othello in 1997 to iconic screen roles, Harewood is a master of script-to-screen. He has recently stepped into a directing role, and is current president of RADA. A prominent activist, his work includes slavery reparations and mental health campaigning. His documentary Psychosis and Me, based on his own psychotic breakdown in his 20s, was BAFTA-nominated.