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Full Record for Film No. 45


Title:Jemima and Johnny
Director 1:Lionel Ngakane
Country:UK
Year:1966
length:28 mins
Colour/b-w:b&w
Genre:short film, drama
Screenwriter:Lionel Ngakane
Cinematographer:Brian Probyn
Editor:David Gladwell
Producer:Robert Angell
Production company:Knight Film
Cast:Nicolette Robinson, Patrick Hatfield, Tommy Baptiste
Location:TABB
TABB No.:34
Synopsis:The film is told from the perspective of two children, a girl from Jamaica and a white boy who has grown up in London. Against their families' racial prejudice, a friendship develops between the two, and together they explore the world which surrounds them. The film is one of the first British productions made by a black filmmaker.
Keyword 1:white
Keyword 2:black
Keyword 3:children
Keyword 4:Notting Hill
Keyword 5:London
Keyword 6:1960s
Keyword 7:racism
Keyword 8:prejudice
Keyword 9:mixed-race relationship
Text Reference 1:Black Independent Film in Britain: Historical Overview
Text Reference 2:Bidding for the Mainstream? Black and Asian British Film since the 1990s

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