Sarah Solemani Seeds Modern Moments In Vintage Anti-Fascist Fable

Published: May 2, 2022, 12:43 a.m.

Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode One of Ridley Road.

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Both sides of Sarah Solemani\u2019s family have roots in the Ridley Road area of London, so when she read author Jo Bloom\u2019s haunting novel, Ridley Road, she saw personal elements in the story. Still, the narrative on screen in her new miniseries \u2014 a young Jewish woman caught up in anti-fascist espionage \u2014 casts a wider and more thrilling net.