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Full Record for Film No. 170


Title:Concrete Garden
Director 1:Alrick Riley
Country:UK
Year:1994
length:21 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:short film, drama
Screenwriter:Alrick Riley
Cinematographer:Simon Wilkie
Editor:David Moore
Producer:Louise Decoteau
Production company:National Film and Television School
Cast:Martha Brown, Claude Hobbs, Claudette Douglas
Location:TABB
TABB No.:101
Synopsis:A young girl arrives from Jamaica to join her family in Britain in the 1950s. She has to come to terms with being the only black girl in her class, being the older sister to a younger brother and being excluded from the adult world.
Keyword 1:racism
Keyword 2:white
Keyword 3:black
Keyword 4:children
Keyword 5:1950s
Keyword 6:family
Keyword 7:migration
Keyword 8:generation
Keyword 9:music
Text Reference 1:Into the Reel World
Text Reference 2:Using Archives US/UK

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