Series Review
Series 'Noughts + Crosses' is a fresh, smart take on an old problem: racism
It's hard not to be engrossed by this star-crossed-lovers tale
22 March 2020 - 00:00
Based on the award-winning series of YA books by Malorie Blackman, the six-part BBC adaptation of Noughts + Crosses was shot mostly in Cape Town. Its premise is simple and may initially seem a little problematic: in an alternative version of the current age, the majority white population of Noughts in Albion are ruled by the minority black Cross colonisers of Aprica who conquered Europe 700 years ago...
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