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Full Record for Film No. 44


Title:Ten Bob In Winter
Director 1:Lloyd Reckord
Country:UK
Year:1963
length:12 mins
Colour/b-w:b&w
Genre:short film, drama
Screenwriter:Lloyd Reckord
Cinematographer:Gaverik Losey, Jon R. Noble
Editor:Toby Freeman, Barrie Pattison
Producer:
Production company:BFI
Cast:Winston Stona, Bari Jonson, Andrew Salkey
Location:TABB
TABB No.:34
Synopsis:At the centre of this short film is a ten pound note which the protagonist has borrowed from a friend. This note symbolizes the everyday struggle and degradation of a West Indian in Britain.The film is one of the first British productions made by a black filmmaker.
Keyword 1:unemployment
Keyword 2:poverty
Keyword 3:migration
Keyword 4:black
Text Reference 1:Bidding for the Mainstream? Black and Asian British Film since the 1990s

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