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Who wrote blinded by the light6/17/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It tells what is ostensibly a very personal story. ![]() The film, directed by Gurinder Chadha, is a fictionalised retelling of my memoir, Greetings from Bury Park. I have spent the last six weeks travelling across Britain and the US, promoting Blinded By the Light. ![]() I thought I would be distracted from the question of our divided culture, but in fact I found potential clues for how to bridge the very divide I was fleeing from. I found the entrenched tribalism alienating and decided instead to explore the world of fiction and film. T here is a polarisation in today’s political culture that led me to seek solace in screenwriting, after almost 25 years as a journalist. ![]()
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