{"id":13358,"date":"2020-06-24T10:09:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/expectation-options-njambi-mcgraths-leopards-gaze\/"},"modified":"2020-06-24T11:21:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T15:21:04","slug":"expectation-options-njambi-mcgraths-through-the-leopards-gaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/expectation-options-njambi-mcgraths-through-the-leopards-gaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Expectation Options Njambi McGrath\u2019s Through the Leopard\u2019s Gaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Expectation has optioned <em>Through the Leopard\u2019s Gaze<\/em> (<em>Jacaranda<\/em>), a new book from award-winning comedian Njambi McGrath.<\/p>\n<p><em>Through the Leopard\u2019s Gaze<\/em> is a memoir that traces McGrath\u2019s journey from her upbringing in Kenya to her life in London. It examines the brutality of colonialism and its devastating long-term effects on the psyche of a nation and its individuals. Expectation acquired the rights for the book from Emily Sweet of Emily Sweet Associates.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Leech, producer at Expectation, said: \u201cI was deeply moved, on so many levels, reading <em>Through the Leopard\u2019s Gaze<\/em> and am now delighted to be in development with Njambi and hopefully bringing her amazing and heartfelt book to a wider television audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGrath said: \u201cI am very excited, humbled and grateful for the opportunity to be working with Expectation. From our earliest conversations, their vision and enthusiasm for retelling my story were apparent, and I really look forward to bringing this project to life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expectation has optioned Through the Leopard\u2019s Gaze (Jacaranda), a new book from award-winning comedian Njambi McGrath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":13359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1891,3931,3932],"class_list":["post-13358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-expectation","tag-njambi-mcgrath","tag-through-the-leopards-gaze","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Expectation Options Njambi McGrath\u2019s Through the Leopard\u2019s Gaze - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/expectation-options-njambi-mcgraths-through-the-leopards-gaze\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Expectation Options Njambi McGrath\u2019s Through the Leopard\u2019s Gaze - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Expectation has optioned Through the Leopard\u2019s Gaze (Jacaranda), a new book from award-winning comedian Njambi McGrath.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/expectation-options-njambi-mcgraths-through-the-leopards-gaze\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-24T14:09:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-24T15:21:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/njambimcgrath-620.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/expectation-options-njambi-mcgraths-through-the-leopards-gaze\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/expectation-options-njambi-mcgraths-through-the-leopards-gaze\/\",\"name\":\"Expectation Options Njambi McGrath\u2019s Through the Leopard\u2019s Gaze - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-24T14:09:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-24T15:21:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/expectation-options-njambi-mcgraths-through-the-leopards-gaze\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/expectation-options-njambi-mcgraths-through-the-leopards-gaze\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/expectation-options-njambi-mcgraths-through-the-leopards-gaze\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Expectation Options Njambi McGrath\u2019s Through the Leopard\u2019s Gaze\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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