Drama · United Kingdom · 1993 · 11m

Home Away from Home

Director

Cast

Ellen Thomas as Miriam Ashabi Ajikawo as Fumi Simon Lee Clarke as Abe David Boateng as Sunny Amy-Jo Lynch as Betty Rosemary Da Costa as Nigerian Woman

Crew

Henry Braham — Director of Photography Paul Hodgson — Editor Maureen Blackwood — Writer Johann Insanally — Producer David Munns — Production Design

Synopsis

To ease her homesickness Miriam recreates an aspect of home in her suburban British garden. Cultural memory exerts a healing power, combatting cultural appropriation, hostility towards migrants and the rift between Miriam and her Nigerian-British children.

Mood & Themes

woman director

Key Collaborators

Maureen Blackwood Director Henry Braham Director of Photography Paul Hodgson Editor Maureen Blackwood Writer Johann Insanally Producer David Munns Production Design

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