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Shereener Browne
Shereener Browne is a barrister turned actor, theatre producer and free speech activist. She founded Orísun Productions in 2018 to provide a space for underrepresented actors and their stories. Orísun has since been the double recipient of public funding and was a finalist in the Mayor of Lewisham's business Awards in 2021. She is a trustee at The Albany Deptford as well as being member of Goldsmith's University's Equity Awards. Shereener is currently producing an Arts Council funded stage play exploring the censorship of UK drill music. Photo: Tom Trevatt
An insidious and unlegislated form of policing?
The Metropolitan Police has made hundreds of requests to remove online content in the past year. Every single one of them related to drill music. This is dangerously close to systemic racism, believes Shereener Browne