:00:00. > :00:07.Theresa May and Donald Trump meet at the White House, his first
:00:08. > :00:12.After the handshake by a bust of Winston Churchill,
:00:13. > :00:17.We are discussing how we can establish a trade
:00:18. > :00:20.negotiation agreement, take forward immediate high-level
:00:21. > :00:25.talks, lay the groundwork for a UK-US trade agreement.
:00:26. > :00:28.Also top of the agenda, cementing the special relationship.
:00:29. > :00:35.And I can tell you that I think we're going to get along very well.
:00:36. > :00:37.It's interesting, because I am a people person.
:00:38. > :00:48.After the warm words, President Trump even takes Mrs May's hand
:00:49. > :00:51.after the news conference. We'll be assessing whether
:00:52. > :00:53.the Prime Minister's meeting with the President was a success,
:00:54. > :00:56.and looking back at his tumultuous Plans to cut hip
:00:57. > :01:00.and knee operations for people who are obese or only
:01:01. > :01:02.in moderate pain. The UK's biggest retailer,
:01:03. > :01:04.Tesco, is to buy the UK's And after the Oscars were criticised
:01:05. > :01:21.for being too white, could this film And coming up in Sportsday on BBC
:01:22. > :01:26.News: Arsene Wenger is given a four-match touchline ban
:01:27. > :01:27.for his altercation with a Premier League official
:01:28. > :01:48.against Burnley last Sunday. Donald Trump and Theresa May have
:01:49. > :01:52.hailed a new era of relations between America and Britain,
:01:53. > :01:54.after meeting at the White House. It's President Trump's first talks
:01:55. > :01:57.there with any foreign The Prime Minister told a news
:01:58. > :02:01.conference Mr Trump had given what she called his "100%" backing
:02:02. > :02:05.to Nato, despite his recent She confirmed that the Queen has
:02:06. > :02:10.invited President Trump to make a state visit to Britain this year,
:02:11. > :02:13.and that he has accepted. There was also talk of a future
:02:14. > :02:31.trade deal, but no detail. Everyone is paying attention. Our
:02:32. > :02:36.Prime Minister, the first foreign leader to make their way, oh so
:02:37. > :02:39.carefully into the Trump White House, the first foreign leader to
:02:40. > :02:44.take the risk and the opportunity to be greeted at the side door of 1600
:02:45. > :02:54.Pennsylvania Ave. Stepping into the lights. Alongside the ringmaster of
:02:55. > :02:59.his own circus. Today, the United States renews our deep bond with
:03:00. > :03:05.Britain, military, financial, cultural and political. We have one
:03:06. > :03:12.of the great bonds. We pledge our lasting support to this most special
:03:13. > :03:16.relationship. Can I start by saying that I'm so pleased that I've been
:03:17. > :03:21.able to be here today, and thank you for inviting me so soon after your
:03:22. > :03:25.inauguration. And I'm delighted to be able to congratulate you on what
:03:26. > :03:28.was a stunning election victory. I have today been able to convey her
:03:29. > :03:33.magister the Queen's hope that President Trump and the First Lady
:03:34. > :03:36.would pay a state visit to the United Kingdom later this year and
:03:37. > :03:40.I'm delighted the president has accepted that invitation. And after
:03:41. > :03:44.the small talk, an achievement for Theresa May, a promise from the
:03:45. > :03:50.president on Nato, the vital defence alliance which he had said risked
:03:51. > :03:53.being obsolete. On defence and security cooperation, we are united
:03:54. > :03:57.in our recognition of Nato was the bulwark of our collective defence
:03:58. > :04:04.and today, we've reaffirmed our unshakeable commitment to this
:04:05. > :04:07.alliance. Mr President, I think you concerned you are 100% behind Nato.
:04:08. > :04:10.For keen watchers of the Oval Office, the bust of Churchill moved
:04:11. > :04:16.back into the room. The original, this is the original in many ways.
:04:17. > :04:20.Easier to do than commit to a rapid trade deal. Much mentioned in the
:04:21. > :04:24.run-up, but no guarantee. But the president was eager to remind
:04:25. > :04:29.Britain he was always behind Brexit. I said Brexit is going to happen and
:04:30. > :04:33.I was spawned in the press for making that prediction. I was
:04:34. > :04:36.scorned. I said, I believe it's going to happen because people want
:04:37. > :04:40.to know who's coming into their country and they want to control
:04:41. > :04:44.their own trade and various things, and Lo and behold, the following
:04:45. > :04:47.day, it happened. And the odds were not looking good for me when I made
:04:48. > :04:50.that statement come up, because as you know everybody thought it was
:04:51. > :05:00.not going to happen. I think Brexit is going to be a wonderful thing for
:05:01. > :05:04.your country. Laura? Thank you very much, Prime Minister. Mr President,
:05:05. > :05:08.you have said before that torture works, give praised Russia, you have
:05:09. > :05:11.said you want to ban some Muslims from coming to America, you
:05:12. > :05:17.suggested there should be punishment for abortion. For many people in
:05:18. > :05:20.Britain, those sound like alarming beliefs. What do you say to our
:05:21. > :05:25.viewers at home who are worried about some of your views, and
:05:26. > :05:29.worried about you becoming leader of the free world? This was your choice
:05:30. > :05:33.of a question? LAUGHTER
:05:34. > :05:40.There goes that relationship! We have a great general, who has just
:05:41. > :05:49.been appointed secretary of defence, General James Mattis. And he has
:05:50. > :05:55.stated, publicly, that he does not necessarily believe in torture, or
:05:56. > :06:00.waterboarding, or however you want to define it, enhanced interrogation
:06:01. > :06:06.I guess would be a word that a lot of words, people like to use. I
:06:07. > :06:10.don't necessarily agree, but I would tell you that he will override,
:06:11. > :06:13.because I'm giving him that power. Prime Minister, you've talked about
:06:14. > :06:17.where you agree, but you've also said you would be frank where you
:06:18. > :06:21.disagree with the president. Can you tell is wearing our talks you did
:06:22. > :06:27.disagree, and do you think that the president listened to what you have
:06:28. > :06:33.to say? And Mr President, you... LAUGHTER
:06:34. > :06:35.Can I confirm, I've been listening to the president and the president
:06:36. > :06:39.has been listening to me, that's the point of having a conversation under
:06:40. > :06:43.dialogue, and we have been discussing a number of topics. We'll
:06:44. > :06:46.carry on after this press conference, meeting and discussing a
:06:47. > :06:51.number of other topics. And there will be times when we disagree, and
:06:52. > :06:55.issues on which we disagree. The point of the special relationship is
:06:56. > :06:58.we are able to have that open and frank discussion, so that we are
:06:59. > :07:03.able to make that clear when it happens. But I'm clear also that
:07:04. > :07:06.there are many issues on which the United Kingdom and United States
:07:07. > :07:10.stand alongside one another. Many issues on which we agree. I think,
:07:11. > :07:15.as I said yesterday in mice Beach, that we are to moment now when we
:07:16. > :07:19.can build an even stronger special relationship, which will be not of
:07:20. > :07:24.just the United States and United Kingdom but in the interests of the
:07:25. > :07:28.wider world as well. Could they be friends? The careful leader, who
:07:29. > :07:34.surprised herself ending up in power than she could have imagined, the
:07:35. > :07:38.star of his own reality show, the White House the twist in the plot. I
:07:39. > :07:43.can tell you, I think we are going to get along very well. I'm a people
:07:44. > :07:47.person, I think you are as well, Theresa. I can often tell how I get
:07:48. > :07:51.along with somebody very early and I think we'll have a fantastic
:07:52. > :07:55.relationship. The flash and perform all were side-by-side at the podium,
:07:56. > :07:59.but far from being an awkward encounter the leaders lavished
:08:00. > :08:03.praise on each other, trying hard to appear relaxed and each other's
:08:04. > :08:07.company. This was so much more than a big day out for Theresa May. Just
:08:08. > :08:11.one important moment. We've just seen the first steps in a
:08:12. > :08:15.relationship that will shape her leadership and the country. Even
:08:16. > :08:18.world leaders need a hand now undergoing. The president and the
:08:19. > :08:24.Prime Minister's classed as they made their way down the steps. So
:08:25. > :08:28.much is uncertain, there is much to gain, get that grip may prove too
:08:29. > :08:32.close. Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, at the White House.
:08:33. > :08:34.Our Business Editor Simon Jack is with me.
:08:35. > :08:37.A key objective of these talks was to talk trade.
:08:38. > :08:39.It was referred to in the press conference after the meeting
:08:40. > :08:49.It was a sideshow. Traders are comfortable subject they can talk
:08:50. > :08:52.about and one of the things raised in the press conference by Laura. We
:08:53. > :08:55.have a pretty good trading relationship with the US already.
:08:56. > :08:59.The US is the number one destination, single country
:09:00. > :09:07.destination, for British exports, 25% go there. The number -- the UN
:09:08. > :09:09.-- of UK's number one place for foreign investment, so it's not a
:09:10. > :09:13.broken relationship that needs fixing. It's more political. Donald
:09:14. > :09:19.Trump needs a deal so he can prove to everyone that he's not a wall
:09:20. > :09:22.building protectionist, the distracts from the Mexico thing, and
:09:23. > :09:26.the PM needs a deal, to show we have powerful friends who are outside the
:09:27. > :09:32.EU, waiting to embrace as the minute we are out. It's a political win for
:09:33. > :09:36.both sides. The reality is, there's different details, for example they
:09:37. > :09:39.washed their chicken in chlorine and give their cows growth hormones, we
:09:40. > :09:43.don't. We have different drug approval mechanisms. The political
:09:44. > :09:45.will is definitely there. The detail of thrashing that out is still
:09:46. > :09:48.pretty formidable. Simon, thank you. As well as talking to Theresa May,
:09:49. > :09:51.President Trump had an hour long phone conversation with his Mexican
:09:52. > :09:54.counterpart, as part of a bid to resolve who will pay for the much
:09:55. > :09:57.talked about wall along And in an indication of his views
:09:58. > :10:01.on the contentious issue of abortion in America,
:10:02. > :10:03.the Vice President indicated that Mr Trump will ensure his choice
:10:04. > :10:06.for one of the country's top judges Forget Theresa May's visit to DC,
:10:07. > :10:15.the big public event in Washington today was a demonstration by tens
:10:16. > :10:18.of thousands of pro-life campaigners, demanding a toughening
:10:19. > :10:23.of the abortion laws. This is an annual event,
:10:24. > :10:25.but the people who turned out feel they are on the cusp of bringing
:10:26. > :10:28.about a major shift They feel they have a President
:10:29. > :10:37.in tune with them. Perhaps more in tune
:10:38. > :10:40.than the woman brought in to sing President Trump has made clear
:10:41. > :10:48.he wants a conservative pro-life to fill the vacant seat
:10:49. > :10:53.on the Supreme Court, and he sent his Vice President along
:10:54. > :10:55.to address the crowds, the most senior government
:10:56. > :10:57.representative ever This Administration will work
:10:58. > :11:00.with Congress to end taxpayer funding of abortion and abortion
:11:01. > :11:03.providers, and we will devote those resources to health care services
:11:04. > :11:12.for women across America. But winning over Mexico
:11:13. > :11:19.to pay for the border wall Yesterday's bizarre war of words
:11:20. > :11:24.on social media between the two presidents ended with the Mexican
:11:25. > :11:26.head of state pulling out of Today, Twitter diplomacy was
:11:27. > :11:33.replaced by the more old-fashioned And at his news
:11:34. > :11:38.conference, tellingly, no mention of the wall
:11:39. > :11:41.and who was going to pay for it. We are no longer going
:11:42. > :11:45.to be the country that So we are going to
:11:46. > :11:50.renegotiate our trade deals, and we are going
:11:51. > :11:53.to renegotiate other aspects of our And in the end I think it
:11:54. > :11:59.will be good for both It's hard to believe
:12:00. > :12:06.it is only a week since the inauguration of President Trump,
:12:07. > :12:09.such is the pace at which events His first meeting with a foreign
:12:10. > :12:12.leader completed, a raft of executive orders,
:12:13. > :12:14.and there seems to be no And a short time ago the President
:12:15. > :12:22.went to the Pentagon to meet his senior commanders,
:12:23. > :12:26.to discuss a change of strategy and intensification of the fight
:12:27. > :12:29.against so-called Islamic State. He also oversaw the swearing
:12:30. > :12:36.in of his new Defence This former general is pro-Nato,
:12:37. > :12:44.anti-torture and a Russian sceptic. And for those reasons,
:12:45. > :13:02.a figure of considerable reassurance It has been quite a first week for
:13:03. > :13:08.President Trump. First of all, his meeting today with Theresa May. A
:13:09. > :13:12.success? Yes, Theresa May will be leaving Washington feeling that was
:13:13. > :13:16.mission accomplished, a job well done. It was a diplomatic coup in
:13:17. > :13:20.the first place for the British to be the first foreign nation to come
:13:21. > :13:25.and meet the new President is his inauguration. Secondly, the
:13:26. > :13:29.atmospherics were good. She has built up something of a rap or.
:13:30. > :13:35.Thirdly, she got some concessions. That point on Nato was important and
:13:36. > :13:40.a lot of European nations were looking for something like that from
:13:41. > :13:44.Donald Trump. And it sets the framework. The trade deal is a long
:13:45. > :13:47.way off but if she feels this is someone she can do business with, as
:13:48. > :13:53.seems to be the case, they will be well pleased with that. His first
:13:54. > :13:57.week in office has not been Dahlen and he has just signed another
:13:58. > :14:03.controversial executive order. I am just reading some of the content,
:14:04. > :14:07.establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out
:14:08. > :14:12.of the United States. We don't want them here, he said a few moments ago
:14:13. > :14:16.at the Pentagon. The detail of the executive order we are still finding
:14:17. > :14:21.out and it will emerge later, but what a dizzying week it has been. It
:14:22. > :14:27.is hard to believe it was only a week ago that the inauguration took
:14:28. > :14:30.place. On all sorts of France there has been huge energy, lots of
:14:31. > :14:34.action. The deals are not done in terms of what the policy will mean.
:14:35. > :14:39.Donald Trump remains as divisive as ever but few Americans can doubt his
:14:40. > :14:42.energy levels, given what we have just witnessed. Thank you.
:14:43. > :14:44.Plans to cut knee and hip replacement operations
:14:45. > :14:46.in Worcestershire have been described as alarming
:14:47. > :14:50.Three commissioning groups in the county say very obese
:14:51. > :14:52.patients, and those who are in only moderate pain, will not
:14:53. > :14:58.They say the plan will save ?2 million a year, but is it fair?
:14:59. > :15:06.He's due to have a hip operation which would make his job
:15:07. > :15:09.as a tour guide much easier, but Gordon has been waiting more
:15:10. > :15:12.than six months with no sign of an appointment yet.
:15:13. > :15:16.His experience shows how debilitating a long wait
:15:17. > :15:22.Occasionally, I will wake up and you try to move and it's
:15:23. > :15:31.It's one way of getting relief on it.
:15:32. > :15:32.It's certainly affecting my daily life.
:15:33. > :15:35.In Gordon's local area in Worcestershire, the NHS will be
:15:36. > :15:36.tightening the criteria, making it even more difficult
:15:37. > :15:41.A scoring system based on a questionnaire by patients
:15:42. > :15:44.will be used to assess who needs surgery.
:15:45. > :15:47.In effect, they have to be in more pain, or less
:15:48. > :15:50.mobile than they currently would, to qualify.
:15:51. > :16:05.But senior doctors say the policy is unfair on patients.
:16:06. > :16:10.The patient continues to suffer and the NHS fails to help them.
:16:11. > :16:12.It is not the first time local commissioning groups in England have
:16:13. > :16:16.The three groups in Worcestershire have followed one in Shropshire
:16:17. > :16:19.Vale of York and Harrogate have announced restrictions
:16:20. > :16:22.on all surgery for some, unless they lose weight,
:16:23. > :16:24.and another trend that's been seen is cuts in IVF treatment, including
:16:25. > :16:28.in mid and North East Essex and South East Norfolk.
:16:29. > :16:30.The finances in the NHS are constrained and demand is rising.
:16:31. > :16:33.And so in that environment we have to make some difficult decisions
:16:34. > :16:40.We have to prioritise services where patients
:16:41. > :16:43.will get the most benefit, and we have to make
:16:44. > :16:45.sure we get the best for the NHS pound in our area.
:16:46. > :16:49.This comes at a time when there have been calls for a cross-party
:16:50. > :16:51.and public debate on the future of the NHS in England.
:16:52. > :16:53.The key question is, should the NHS continue
:16:54. > :16:56.with the funding already allocated, even if it means possible
:16:57. > :16:58.cuts to some services, or does it need new funding to bring
:16:59. > :17:01.it in line with health spending in some other
:17:02. > :17:07.The Welsh government said there were no financial
:17:08. > :17:11.Scotland is investing more in specialist centres,
:17:12. > :17:13.but around the UK, the debate on the best use of resources
:17:14. > :17:23.A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
:17:24. > :17:26.The boss of a haulage firm and a mechanic have been jailed
:17:27. > :17:29.for the manslaughter of four people who were killed when a tipper truck,
:17:30. > :17:31.with faulty brakes, ran out of control and crashed
:17:32. > :17:35.Matthew Gordon was jailed for seven years and Peter Wood for five years.
:17:36. > :17:45.The victims included four-year-old Mitzi Steady.
:17:46. > :17:48.British Airways cabin crew will stage a further six days
:17:49. > :17:50.of industrial action next month, in a dispute over pay.
:17:51. > :17:52.The strikes were announced by the Unite union.
:17:53. > :17:54.It's urged BA to get to the negotiating table.
:17:55. > :17:58.BA says they will have contingency plans in place.
:17:59. > :18:01.And the government's spending watchdog has told the Ministry
:18:02. > :18:03.of Defence that if it's to pay for new ships, aircraft
:18:04. > :18:06.and vehicles, it needs to make almost ?6 billion in additional
:18:07. > :18:10.The MoD says it's convinced its plan will deliver the best
:18:11. > :18:16.Tesco, the UK's biggest supermarket, has agreed to buy the country's
:18:17. > :18:19.biggest food wholesaler, the Booker Group, in a deal
:18:20. > :18:23.Booker supplies everything from baked beans to tea bags
:18:24. > :18:27.to 700,000 corner shops, grocers, pubs and restaurants.
:18:28. > :18:29.The two firms said the deal would create the UK's
:18:30. > :18:32.leading food business, but it may need approval
:18:33. > :18:42.Tesco already has the lion's share of what we spend
:18:43. > :18:48.But what we put in our trollies is only half of the food we consume.
:18:49. > :19:00.This fast-growing market is what Tesco wants a slice of.
:19:01. > :19:05.You may not have heard of it but this wholesaler
:19:06. > :19:07.supplies thousands of pubs, restaurants, caterers
:19:08. > :19:14.Tesco says joining forces makes sense.
:19:15. > :19:16.The UK population is passionate about its food, it's changing
:19:17. > :19:21.the way that it wants to consume food at home, on the go.
:19:22. > :19:24.It wants delivery, it wants a greater service,
:19:25. > :19:28.and the combination of our businesses allows us to serve those
:19:29. > :19:33.customers better than either of us can do individually on our own.
:19:34. > :19:36.Tesco is already big, and with this deal it will become
:19:37. > :19:39.an even more powerful force in the food industry.
:19:40. > :19:44.And that might not be to everyone's's taste.
:19:45. > :19:46.Booker does not know in these convenience stores but it
:19:47. > :19:49.does own the brands, and it supplies the food
:19:50. > :19:53.for the thousands of independent retailers who run them.
:19:54. > :19:57.I think some independent retailers will be very concerned
:19:58. > :20:00.about the idea of trading with a company that is ultimately
:20:01. > :20:05.Others will say, we might be able to get better prices out of this,
:20:06. > :20:07.better buying prices by the newly merged group which get passed
:20:08. > :20:13.Either way, it is a big, bold move for Tesco but it
:20:14. > :20:15.will likely face scrutiny from the competition
:20:16. > :20:17.authorities before this deal reaches the checkout.
:20:18. > :20:46.A report from the Church of England has agreed it should continue to
:20:47. > :20:47.oppose gay marriage. Here is our religious affairs correspondent,
:20:48. > :20:51.Martin Bashir. Two men are married
:20:52. > :20:53.in an Anglican Church. But it's in the United States
:20:54. > :20:56.and won't be happening here. After three years of so-called
:20:57. > :20:58.shared conversations, the Church of England has asserted
:20:59. > :21:00.that marriage can only be The Bishop behind today's report
:21:01. > :21:09.says that while the doctrine of marriage remains the same,
:21:10. > :21:14.the Church must change its tone. Our test is to uphold
:21:15. > :21:21.the Gospel and the scriptures and the tradition as we have
:21:22. > :21:24.received it but also to make sure
:21:25. > :21:27.that this is a Church in which all lesbian and gay people,
:21:28. > :21:30.who are made in the image and likeness of God,
:21:31. > :21:32.like everyone else, are welcome But lesbian and gay members
:21:33. > :21:35.of the Church have reacted accusing the bishops of doing
:21:36. > :21:39.nothing to acknowledge the goodness or sanctity of lesbian,
:21:40. > :21:41.gay, bisexual and and the gay community did so over
:21:42. > :21:54.a three-year period and we were told in that process, privately,
:21:55. > :21:57.if we did this, then we would see change and none of that
:21:58. > :22:01.has been honoured. I think that's a failure
:22:02. > :22:07.of leadership and a failure of duty. Conservative evangelicals, however,
:22:08. > :22:13.have expressed relief that the bishops have upheld
:22:14. > :22:16.the authority of scripture, against I want the Church to stand
:22:17. > :22:22.with the teaching of Jesus and my understanding is Jesus taught
:22:23. > :22:24.very clearly that sex is for marriage and marriage
:22:25. > :22:27.is between a man and a woman. So, I want the Church
:22:28. > :22:30.to continue to teach what Jesus taught on that issue,
:22:31. > :22:35.to try and find ways of commending that lovingly
:22:36. > :22:38.to the world around us. The publication of today's report,
:22:39. > :22:41.while unequivocal on the subject In just over two weeks' time,
:22:42. > :22:48.General Synod will convene and while the bishops have called
:22:49. > :22:51.for a more respectful and considerate tone,
:22:52. > :22:53.the debate is likely to be A member of Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow
:22:54. > :23:07.Cabinet has stepped down in protest at his decision to force MPs to back
:23:08. > :23:10.the bill triggering the formal Shadow Welsh Secretary Jo
:23:11. > :23:13.Stevens said she believed leaving the EU was a "terrible
:23:14. > :23:16.mistake" and that endorsing the bill It follows the resignation of
:23:17. > :23:22.another senior Labour MP yesterday. Let's talk to Chris
:23:23. > :23:38.Mason at Westminster. It is damaging. It is a problem.
:23:39. > :23:43.Let's be clear, there are fissures in every party on every issue, but
:23:44. > :23:48.this is a gaping chasm for Labour on the biggest issue of our time. The
:23:49. > :23:53.crux of the problem is that most of the areas with a Labour MP voted out
:23:54. > :23:59.in the referendum, but most Labour MPs voted to remain. So what do they
:24:00. > :24:02.do? Some will decide they will back Jeremy Corbyn, they will back the
:24:03. > :24:09.will of the people. Some will find something else to do. They will add
:24:10. > :24:14.Stein. Others will decide that they have too defied Jeremy Corbyn. For
:24:15. > :24:18.some, that is because their area did vote Remain and they want to reflect
:24:19. > :24:23.that. For Jeremy Corbyn, he wants people to back the idea of the
:24:24. > :24:27.Brexit, not least because there are by-elections next month in seats
:24:28. > :24:30.that Labour want to cling to which backed exit themselves. But for some
:24:31. > :24:35.Labour MPs this comes down to a point of principle. They say they
:24:36. > :24:40.want to be on the right side of history, as they see it. Little
:24:41. > :24:44.wonder that the shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, is said by
:24:45. > :24:47.some Labour MPs to deserve a second knighthood, because of the
:24:48. > :24:51.management of the faces at the moment among his colleagues.
:24:52. > :24:55.It's a film that tells the story of a young African-American coming
:24:56. > :24:58.to terms with his sexuality, and it's received no less
:24:59. > :25:01.Last season's awards were criticised for their lack of diversity.
:25:02. > :25:04.But its writer and director, Barry Jenkins, insists the film
:25:05. > :25:20.Moonlight tells the semi-autobiographical story
:25:21. > :25:23.of director Barry Jenkins, a young boy growing up
:25:24. > :25:25.in Miami with a crack cocaine addicted mother.
:25:26. > :25:29.His own mother is now in rehab and is still one of the few
:25:30. > :25:31.in his inner circle not have seen this film.
:25:32. > :25:34.I don't know if she wants to see herself in that way.
:25:35. > :25:38.A friend pointed out to me, "Oh, no, I think she probably just doesn't
:25:39. > :25:40.want to see the main character, who is essentially you,
:25:41. > :25:43.be taken through this rough life, because it might bring out
:25:44. > :25:50.But I hope what she would see is the movie was not made out
:25:51. > :25:54.of anything but tenderness and kindness towards her.
:25:55. > :25:59.Why you didn't come home like you're supposed to?
:26:00. > :26:01.This film comes at a time when the Oscars are
:26:02. > :26:05.Over the last two years, the term "Oscars so white" followed
:26:06. > :26:09.the awards because no one of colour had been nominated in any
:26:10. > :26:13.Moonlight didn't come along actually to say anything actually
:26:14. > :26:16.about anything but the characters in the film.
:26:17. > :26:21.Like with "Oscars so white", it's being framed as a response,
:26:22. > :26:24.And yet these movies have been in the pipeline
:26:25. > :26:34.The voting panel for the Oscars changed last year.
:26:35. > :26:37.They increased the number of women and people from ethnic minorities,
:26:38. > :26:40.and the success of Moonlight shows there is a hunger for films
:26:41. > :26:44.There's this myth that black films don't play overseas,
:26:45. > :26:47.and yet here I am with Altitude releasing my all-black
:26:48. > :26:51.It's releasing in France, in Germany, the Netherlands,
:26:52. > :26:58.Barry was first shown the story in 2011.
:26:59. > :27:01.He and author Tarell McCraney grew up in the same area and went
:27:02. > :27:04.to the same primary school, and their success has given hope
:27:05. > :27:07.to those living the life they've left behind.
:27:08. > :27:11.There are kids back home who are watching this happen.
:27:12. > :27:19.But I think the ceiling is raising for me.
:27:20. > :27:21.People back home are seeing, the ceiling, maybe it was here.
:27:22. > :27:24."Now, I guess it's up here, because Barry Jenkins and Tarell
:27:25. > :27:26.got nominated for eight Academy Awards, you know.
:27:27. > :27:29.So if I win, I hope it will make people back home proud,
:27:30. > :27:37.and that would be the most important thing to me.
:27:38. > :27:41.Now it's time for the news where you are.