Home Away from Home

Directed by Maureen Blackwood
January 2, 1993    11mDrama, Short
6.4
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.

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  • Ellen ThomasMiriam
  • Ashabi AjikawoFumi
  • Simon Lee ClarkeAbe
  • David BoatengSunny
  • Amy-Jo LynchBetty
  • Rosemary Da CostaNigerian Woman
  • Chantelle La Rose1st Girl
  • Kandiah Binns2nd Girl
  • Pauline MelvilleNeighbour
  • Simon CuffHusband
  • Joanna HoleNeighbour
  • Maureen BlackwoodDirector / Writer
  • Michael KelkAssociate Producer
  • Nadine Marsh-EdwardsExecutive Producer
  • Johann InsanallyProducer
  • David MunnsProduction Design
  • Henry BrahamDirector Of Photography
  • Mark J. IngramSecond Assistant Director
  • Henry TomlinsonFirst Assistant Director
  • Paul HodgsonEditor

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