In the Shadows, Ramla Ali's journey from refugee to record-smashing boxer, premieres this year at the BFI London Film Festival. Ali joins The Culture Crypt to discuss seeing her life story on screen and why filmmaking might be her next fight.

During the London Film Festival, The Culture Crypt sat down with the New York filmmaker to discuss personality tests, Love, Brooklyn and directing the Beharie-Holland-Wise trio. 

Chewing Gum and Cheaters star makes her mark at the 2025 BFI London Film Festival with Dark Skin Bruises Differently—a powerful short exploring education, childhood and care through a distinctly Black British lens.