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Full Record for Film No. 207


Title:Mike Phillips (Interview)
Director 1:..., ... ...
Country:Germany
Year:2001
length:58 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:interview
Screenwriter:
Cinematographer:Brenda Hollweg
Editor:Claudia Sternberg
Producer:
Production company:TABB
Cast:
Location:TABB
TABB No.:82
Synopsis:Interview with cultural critic, novelist and media practitioner Mike Phillips. Philips, who was born in Guyana and came to England in 1956, was a founding member of the Black Media Workers' Association which came into existence in 1980. Mike Phillips established himself as a literary writer in 1987 and wrote an award-winning tetralogy of novels featuring Sam Dean, a black journalist-detective. In 1998, Mike and his brother Trevor Phillips wrote and produced the successful four-part BBC television series "Windrush" which traces the story of West Indian migration since the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush in 1948.
Keyword 1:black
Keyword 2:Mike Phillips
Keyword 3:interview

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