| Title: | Black Christmas | |
| Director 1: | Stephen Frears | |
| Country: | UK | |
| Year: | 1977 | |
| length: | 49 mins | |
| Colour/b-w: | colour | |
| Genre: | TV drama | |
| Screenwriter: | Michael Abbensetts | |
| Cinematographer: | John Williams | |
| Editor: | Andrew Page | |
| Producer: | Tara Prem | |
| Production company: | BBC TV | |
| Cast: | ||
| Location: | TABB | |
| TABB No.: | 33 | |
| Synopsis: | A West Indian family is gathering to celebrate Christmas together. Despite good intentions to spend a harmonious and happy holiday, a number of family conflicts can no longer be suppressed. The film addresses such issues as the notion of 'home', questions of acculturation and assimilation and the differences between first and second generation immigrants. | |
| Keyword 1: | West Indian | |
| Keyword 2: | Englishness | |
| Keyword 3: | home | |
| Keyword 4: | dysfunctional family | |
| Keyword 5: | education | |
| Keyword 6: | religion | |
| Keyword 7: | generation | |
| Keyword 8: | England | |
| Keyword 9: | assimilation | |
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