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Full Record for Film No. 46


Title:Final Passage, The
Director 1:Peter Hall
Country:UK
Year:1996
length:175 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:TV drama
Screenwriter:Caryl Phillips
Cinematographer:Nic Knowland
Editor:David Martin
Producer:Christopher Hall, Peter Hall, Caryl Phillips
Production company:Heartland/Petard Productions for Channel 4
Cast:Michael Cherrie, Natasha Estelle Williams, Carmen Munroe
Location:TABB
TABB No.:35
Synopsis:In 1958, a Caribbean couple makes the journey to a new life by moving to England. High-budget, two-part television adaptation of Caryl Phillips's novel "The Final Passage".
Keyword 1:England
Keyword 2:migration
Keyword 3:West Indian
Keyword 4:first generation
Keyword 5:gender
Keyword 6:family
Keyword 7:black
Keyword 8:literature
Keyword 9:adaptation
Keyword 10:mixed-race relationship
Keyword 11:dysfunctional family
Text Reference 1:The Final Passage: An Interview with Writer Caryl Phillips
Text Reference 2:Bidding for the Mainstream? Black and Asian British Film since the 1990s
Text Reference 3:If you want to know about London ... It's a laundrette in Peckham: Black British Directors and Screenwriters Visualise the Metropolis

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