Jake Kanter International TV EditorExpectation, the UK producer behind Sky’s David Schwimmer comedy Intelligence, has optioned comedian Njambi McGrath’s memoir on her upbringing in Kenya.The BBC Studios-backed company will reimagine Through The Leopard’s Gaze for television after it was part of publisher Jacaranda Books’ mission to publish 20 black British writers in one year.The book tells the story of McGrath’s journey from a disturbing upbringing in Kenya to her outwardly settled life in London, along the way exploring the brutality of colonialism.
Rights were acquired from Emily Sweet Associates.McGrath said: “I am very excited, humbled and grateful for the opportunity to be working with Expectation.
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