Marlon James’ Gripping Crime Noir Get Millie Black Coming to Channel 4 and HBO

Produced by Motive Pictures (The Woman in The Wall) first-look images have been released for Get Millie Black, a vivid, unflinching, and gripping five-part crime noir and the screenwriting debut of Booker Prize award-winning author Marlon James, which is coming to Channel 4 next year, co-produced by HBO.

Starring Tamara Lawrance, Joe Dempsie, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, and Chyna McQueen, Get Millie Black follows the inimitable Millie-Jean Black, a police detective who quits Scotland Yard to return home to Jamaica, where she is soon pursuing a missing persons case that threatens to expose more than she may be willing to confront.

Get Millie Black is a deeply personal and wholly authentic version of Kingston, which has never been seen on screen before. Told through the unique perspective of Millie (Tamara Lawrance) – a girl born on the Rock, raised in London, who claims to be both British and Jamaican, Millie yet somehow belongs to neither place. It is a story peopled by a host of unforgettable characters; ‘gully queen’ Hibiscus (Chyna McQueen), her brilliant partner on the Jamaican Police Force, Curtis (Gershwyn Eustache Jnr), who is forced to keep his love life secret from his colleagues; game-playing Scotland Yard Inspector Luke Holborn (Joe Dempsie); and Hit Girl (Dorothy ‘Patra’ Smith), go-go-club owner and underworld entrepreneur.

Commissioned by Channel 4 and a co-production with HBO from Motive Pictures (backed by FIFTH SEASON), Get Millie Black is a five-part drama created by Marlon James. Executive producers are Marlon James, Jami O’Brien, Leopoldo Gout and Simon Maxwell for Motive Pictures. Co-executive producers are Tanya Hamilton, who is also lead director, alongside Joshua St. Johnston who also writes on the project. The writers are Theresa Ikoko and Lydia Adetunji and the directors are Annetta Laufer (two episodes) and Jean Luc Herbulot (one episode).