| Title: | Speak Like a Child | |
| Director 1: | John Akomfrah | |
| Country: | UK | |
| Year: | 1998 | |
| length: | 77 mins | |
| Colour/b-w: | colour | |
| Genre: | feature film | |
| Screenwriter: | Danny Padmore | |
| Cinematographer: | Jonathan Collinson | |
| Editor: | Annabel Ware | |
| Producer: | Lazell Daley, Fiona Morham | |
| Production company: | Leda Serene Productions | |
| Cast: | Cal Macaninch, Richard Mylan, Rachel Fielding | |
| Location: | TABB | |
| TABB No.: | 108 | |
| Synopsis: | John Akomfrah's and Danny Padmore's feature film charts the psychological journey of three friends - Billy, Ruby and Sammy - whose intense 'menage à trois' evolves in a children's home on the Northumbrian coast. Combining stylized imagery, strong performances and an evocative soundtrack, "Speak like a Child" tells a lyrical, poignant and powerful story of redemption. | |
| Keyword 1: | children | |
| Keyword 2: | youth | |
| Keyword 3: | home | |
| Keyword 4: | country | |
| Keyword 5: | black | |
| Keyword 6: | white | |
| Keyword 7: | mixed-race | |
| Keyword 8: | isolation | |
| Text Reference 1: | Distributing Black British Films | |
| Text Reference 2: | Speak Like a Child | |
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