TABB Database

Full Record for Film No. 133


Title:Colour Blind
Director 1:Alan Grint
Country:UK
Year:1998
length:180 mins
Colour/b-w:
Genre:TV drama
Screenwriter:Gordon Hann
Cinematographer:Robin Vidgeon
Editor:
Producer:Ray Marshall
Production company:Festival Film and Television
Cast:Carmen Ejogo, Niamh Cusack, James Larkin
Location:Not available
TABB No.:
Synopsis:'Colour Blind' charts the family passions and problems which come to the surface after Bridget McQueen arrives home with a black husband and the growing years of the couple's mixed-race daughter, Rose Angela, during the period after the First World War in South Shields. The story, initially told in flashbacks, then follows the experiences of the adult Rose Angela as she fights to establish her own place in the world. No viewing copy available.
Keyword 1:black
Keyword 2:mixed-race
Keyword 3:family
Keyword 4:youth
Keyword 5:children
Keyword 6:history
Keyword 7:society
Keyword 8:racism
Text Reference 1:Greater Expectations

Return to Previous Page
Return to Main Search Page
Return to TABB Homepage

© TABB - Tübingen Archive of Black British Film and Television 2002

pr