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THE WINNER IS: Earl Cameron receiving his award

THE SCREEN Nation Foundation has launched the UK’s first ever hall of fame, honouring Earl Cameron CBE, acknowledged by many as one of the first African Caribbean screen actors to break the colour bar in the UK.

Chairman for the Screen Nation Foundation, the charitable arm of the Screen Nation Film and TV Awards, Charles Thompson MBE, said he was ‘proud’ to add value and much needed honour to the British film and television landscape, where the contributions by African Caribbean screen practitioners were concerned by bringing the aptly named ‘Hall of Frame’ to life.

Cameron’s induction, which took place during Black History Month, celebrated the legendary career of the 99-year-old multi-talented performer, who has an acting career spanning 70 years, starring in over 90 films and TV productions.

As part of the tribute, Cameron was recently interviewed at the BFI Southbank, by broadcaster Samira Ahmed, followed by a rare screening of “Pool of London”, the Ealing Studios classic thriller that launched his career.

The interview, a revealing insight into Cameron’s creative life, during which the actor discussed racial prejudice, why he never moved to Hollywood during those very restrictive years (for black actors), his long friendship with Sidney Poitier and much more lasts 40-minutes.

Hall of Frame Inductions will be held every six months to honour some of the UK’s longstanding and unfortunately oftentimes under-appreciated veteran black British stars of the screen.

Thompson said: ‘’I am proud that the incredible legacy of the extraordinary contributions gifted by these outstanding veteran screen talents to the British film and TV industry can now finally be honoured through the Hall of Frame.’’

The interview is available here: https://goo.gl/inOqIX.