Directed by Martina Attille • 1988 • United Kingdom
Starring Corinne Skinner-Carter, Stefan Kalipha, Angela Wynter
From the groundbreaking Sankofa Film and Video Collective comes this bittersweet and nostalgic short drama illustrating the spirit of modern families touched by the experience of migration. Miss T., from the Caribbean, lives alone in her one-room apartment, her children and husband having left her to pursue new dreams. When she dies, her family and friends gather at her wake. The tapestry of words that interweave the drama convey the fragments of a life lived, but only partly remembered.
Up Next in Revolutionary Reveries: Four Films by the Sankofa Film and Video Collective
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Perfect Image?
Directed by Maureen Blackwood • 1988 • United Kingdom
Starring Amanda Symonds, Irma InnissBright and imaginative in its approach to its subject, PERFECT IMAGE? exposes stereotypical images of Black women and explores their own ideas of self-worth. Using two performers who constantly change thei...
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Home Away from Home
Directed by Maureen Blackwood • 1994 • United Kingdom
Starring Ellen Thomas, Ashabi Ajikawo, Simon Lee ClarkeA bittersweet drama that unfolds almost without dialogue, this prizewinning short conveys immigrant women’s experiences of isolation. Feeling displaced from her rural African roots, Miri...
