Home Away from Home

Name: Home Away from Home
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-01-02
Duration: 11 min
Cast: Pauline Melville, Simon Cuff, Simon Lee Clarke, Chantelle La Rose, Ellen Thomas

Release: 1993-01-02 ·Runtime: 11m

Drama

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.

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Sankofa Film & Video

Cast

Ellen Thomas as Miriam

Pauline Melville as Neighbour

Simon Cuff as Husband

Crew

Henry Braham Director of Photography

Maureen Blackwood Director, Writer