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Full Record for Film No. 192


Title:I'm British But...
Director 1:Gurinder Chadha
Country:UK
Year:1989
length:32 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:documentary
Screenwriter:Gurinder Chadha
Cinematographer:Nina Kellgren, Chris Hughes
Editor:Michael Danks
Producer:Eliza Mellor
Production company:
Cast:
Location:TABB
TABB No.:80
Synopsis:Gurinder Chadha examines notions of national identity through interviews with the grown-up children of South Asian British living in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Celebrating a unique cultural synthesis to a Bhangra soundtrack, "I'm British But..." represents one of the first second-generation South Asian films from the UK.
Keyword 1:Bhangra
Keyword 2:Britishness
Keyword 3:tradition
Keyword 4:belonging
Keyword 5:national identity
Keyword 6:second generation
Keyword 7:cultural identity
Keyword 8:youth
Keyword 9:Asian

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