Title: | Big Pride, The | |
Director 1: | Herbert Wise | |
Country: | UK | |
Year: | 1961 | |
length: | 57 mins | |
Colour/b-w: | b&w | |
Genre: | feature film | |
Screenwriter: | Jan Carew, Sylvia Wynter | |
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Production company: | ATV Productions | |
Cast: | William Marshall, Johnny Sekka, Barbara Assoon | |
Location: | TABB | |
TABB No.: | 36 | |
Synopsis: | "The Big Pride" tells the story of three black men who break out of prison and try to survive in colonial Jamaica. They are desperate for freedom and indepedence and try to escape poverty and oppression by moving up on the social ladder. They cannot rid themselves, however, of the role of the hunted and, in the end, their options are limited: death or surrender. | |
Keyword 1: | prison | |
Keyword 2: | freedom | |
Keyword 3: | class | |
Keyword 4: | racism | |
Keyword 5: | West Indian | |
Keyword 6: | Jamaica | |
Keyword 7: | racial conflict |
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