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Full Record for Film No. 179


Title:Fords on Water
Director 1:Barry Bliss
Country:UK
Year:1983
length:83/72 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:feature film
Screenwriter:Barry Bliss, Billy Colvill
Cinematographer:Russell Murray
Editor:Neil Thompson
Producer:Nita Amy, Jill Pack
Production company:British Film Institute
Cast:Kathryn Apanowicz, Allister Bain, Elvis Payne
Location:Not available
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Synopsis:Sponsored by the British Film Institute and Channel 4, Bliss's first feature is a road movie with a difference: a glimpse of a grim future that is nonetheless bright, lively, and positive in its mixture of humour, fantasy, dream and down-to-earth realism. Two youths, black Winston and white Eddie, are both unemployed in a right-wing economy where strikes are illegal and the streets are patrolled by police. But Bliss finds grounds for working-class hope even in Thatcher's Britain. No viewing copy available.
Keyword 1:black
Keyword 2:white
Keyword 3:youth
Keyword 4:unemployment
Keyword 5:Thatcher
Keyword 6:economy
Keyword 7:1980s

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