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I noticed that black girls never had names in movies. They were just "girl" I remember one instruction read "Enter girl, not very black."

— Carmen Munroe

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Munroe typed film scripts in the 1950s and 1960s when unable to gain acting roles.

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[On limited opportunities for African Caribbean actresses in the UK] If you want to know how many black women are being employed, go to the BBC canteen.

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