Reflections (documentary)

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Reflections
Directed by Pogus Caesar
Produced by Windrush Productions UK
Release date(s) UK 1999
Running time 28 min.
Language English

Reflections is a documentary film tracing the lives of three individuals who migrated to Britain from the West Indies in search of a better life.

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'Reflections' was filmed on location in St Kitts, Nevis and Birmingham, UK

Martina Mavis Clark from Jamaica, James Herbert from Nevis and Guyanese Edwin Ho, talk openly about early life in Birmingham where they experienced extreme hardship, racial abuse and family loss.

Now in his 80's, ex-boxer Edwin Ho is exceptional as he is able to pinpoint exactly where his cabin was located on the steam ship SS Empire Windrush. 'Reflections' Includes rare archive material of Birmingham in the 1940s and 50s.

'Reflections' provides excellent resource material for debate during Black History Month and associated events.

Format: DVD

Country of origin: UK

A segment of the film can be viewed on OOM Gallery.

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