‘We’re Too Good For This’ Director, Cast on Playing Deaf, Disabled Drug Dealers – London Film Festival

When a friend told director, writer and actor Missy Malek about a real-life group of disabled drug dealers operating in London, Malek instantly knew she had the makings of a film. “The second I heard it, I was like, ‘Yes, yes, amazing. Done,” she says. “I know this word is so overused, but it is empowering, the concept of disabled gangsters. Every portrayal of disabled people is always so patronising in the media. And this was the first time a story about disabled people had been put to me that wasn’t patronising.” The result is “We’re Too Good For This,”… Read Full Article