Title: | Windrush | |
Director 1: | David Upshal | |
Country: | UK | |
Year: | 1998 | |
length: | 240 mins | |
Colour/b-w: | colour/b&w | |
Genre: | documentary | |
Screenwriter: | ||
Cinematographer: | Douglas Hartington, David Swan | |
Editor: | ||
Producer: | ||
Production company: | BBC | |
Cast: | ||
Location: | TABB | |
TABB No.: | 49 | |
Synopsis: | This 4-part TV documentary gives an extensive survey over fifty years of black people living in Great Britain. It explores the transformations British society and culture have undergone since the first wave of non-white immigrants in 1948. The film depicts those who have fought against change and those who fought for change. It especially touches upon such issues as 'Englishness', Black British identity, 'home' and dislocation. | |
Keyword 1: | Englishness | |
Keyword 2: | black | |
Keyword 3: | British | |
Keyword 4: | belonging | |
Keyword 5: | disillusionment | |
Keyword 6: | migration | |
Keyword 7: | Britishness | |
Keyword 8: | Empire Windrush | |
Keyword 9: | history | |
Text Reference 1: | Mike Phillips on Migration, Inventing Europe and his Novel "A Shadow of Myself": An Interview |
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