Home Away from Home
1993•11m•10.0•Released
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.
Director
Maureen Blackwood
Writer
Maureen Blackwood
Languages
No Language
Studio
Sankofa Film & Video
Cast
Ellen Thomas
Miriam
Ashabi Ajikawo
Fumi
Simon Lee Clarke
Abe
David Boateng
Sunny
Amy-Jo Lynch
Betty
Rosemary Da Costa
Nigerian Woman
Chantelle La Rose
1st Girl
Kandiah Binns
2nd Girl
Pauline Melville
Neighbour
Simon Cuff
Husband
Joanna Hole
Neighbour
Production
Company
Sankofa Film & Video
Producer
Johann Insanally
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