JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 6, 2021 staradvertiser.com A SLAVE NO MORE Looking back on her life, July (Doña Croll) refl ects on her experience as a slave on a sugar cane plantation during the fi nal days of slavery in Jamaica in Masterpiece’s The Long Song. Flashbacks follow the story of young July (Tamara Lawrance) after she is taken by plantation owner Caroline (Hayley Atwell) to be her lady’s maid. Premiering Sunday, Jan. 31, on PBS. WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE LIVE @ THE LEGISLATURE Join Senate and House leadership as they discuss upcoming legislation and issues of importance to the community. olelo.org TUESDAY, 8:30AM | CHANNEL 49 | olelo.org/49 590241_LiveAtTheLegislature_Blue_2_Today.indd 1 1/14/21 10:33 AM ON THE COVER | THE LONG SONG A tale of pride and prejudice ‘The Long Song’ explores the Mortimer, the sister of the plantation’s “The first time I saw Tamara Lawrance’s face, owner. I said, ‘Yes, her. She’s July. That was it,’” Levy history of slavery in Jamaica Doña Croll (“EastEnders”) portrays the older said. “And then I saw her audition tapes, and I version of July, effectively serving as the said, ‘Yes, yes, yes, that’s July moving. That’s By Kyla Brewer program’s narrator as she writes her memoir her. You’ve got her.’” TV Media about her transition from slave to free woman Young British actress Lawrance is best around the time of the Christmas Rebellion of known for her role as Prince Harry’s republican ith so many people stuck at home 1831, a slave uprising that marked the begin- girlfriend in the 2017 TV movie “King Charles these days, television can be a wel- ning of the end of slavery in Jamaica. July re- III.” Her other credits include television’s Wcome distraction, featuring shows calls how she was ripped away from her moth- “Undercover” and “No Offence,” as well as the that make us laugh or cry or both. Some TV er, Kitty (Sharon Duncan-Brewster, “Bad Girls”), horror film “Kindred” (2020). programs go beyond mere entertainment to as a child to train as a lady’s maid for Caroline. Levy was likewise impressed with the pro- educate and inspire, and one such miniseries is “The Long Song” has already captivated U.K. duction as a whole, saying in the same inter- headed to prime time thanks to PBS. audiences as the miniseries aired on BBC in view: “I have to say that every time I have seen A woman recounts her life as a December 2018 and received rave reviews. anything visually come from the shooting that slave on a sugar cane plantation The novel was adapted for the small screen has been done, when I first started, I would just in early 19th-century colonial by Sarah Williams (“Wallis & Edward”), who cry — always — because there is something Jamaica in Masterpiece’s “The Long also adapted Levy’s “Small Island” into an incredibly emotional about seeing characters Song,” premiering Sunday, Jan. Emmy-winning miniseries in 2009. come to life in front of your eyes.” 31, on PBS. Based on the novel The late Levy, who died in 2019 after For her part, Atwell has been praised for her of the same name by Andrea battling breast cancer for more than a ability to bring the hateful Caroline to life. In Levy, the three-part minise- decade, was taken with Lawrance from a December 2018 review of the miniseries, ries stars Tamara Lawrance the get-go, as she explained in an in- The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan described the (“King Charles III,” 2017) as terview posted on the BBC’s website. actress’s take on the character as “a pitch- young slave July and Hayley perfect performance from Hayley Atwell, who Atwell (“Agent Carter”) as her Tamara Lawrance stars in “The takes her right up to the line of real monstrous- Long Song” abusive mistress, Caroline ness without crossing into caricature.” FREE Download the BREAKING NEWS FREE TRAFFIC FREE WEATHER No matter how you read it, we deliver. app for free. 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