Idris Elba teams up with wife Sabrina to produce TV show on black stars
Idris Elba teams up with his wife Sabrina to produce a TV show about black artists in the music industry
Idris Elba teams up with his wife Sabrina to create a series about the treatment of black artists in the music industry.
The couple’s production companies Green Door Pictures and Pink Towel will team up with London’s Aim-listed Zinc Media to make the documentary Paid In Full.
Zinc shares rose 7.1 percent on news that the multimillion-pound series had been commissioned by the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
Series: Idris Elba and wife Sabrina (pictured) team up with London-based Zinc Media, listed on Aim, to make the documentary Paid In Full
The programs will examine the unjust treatment of minority artists, including the disparity of the earnings they receive, despite making some of the most popular records of all time.
This is a story that affects us all. It’s about the people who made the soundtracks of our lives in popular music and the pain of their exploitation,” Elba said.
Aside from his acting career, the 50-year-old Londoner is a professional DJ, having graced the turntables at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018, as well as stints in Ibiza