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Full Record for Film No. 76


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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