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Memories in Mind

Synopsis
Four women from the Caribbean - a cricketer’s wife, a pianist and two young brides - recall their migration to Britain in the 1950s, an event that changed their lives irrevocably.
Series
Black Arts Video Project, Series
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.
Year of production
1992
Availability
Hire
Sale; 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS) (Arts Council)
Subjects
History
Keywords
black and Asian people; black communities; Caribbean; immigration

Credits

Director
Shirley Thompson
Writer
Shirley Thompson

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes
Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.
Name

Cinenova

Email
info@cinenova.org
Web
http://www.cinenova.org External site opens in new window
Address
Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF
Notes
Films made by, and predominantly for, women. The collection is browsable by title or director and includes experimental films, narrative feature films, artists’ film and video, and documentary and educational videos. Hire or sale on film and video.

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