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Small island
[DVD] /
a Ruby Television production in association with AL Films for BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston ; screenplay by Paula Milne and Sarah Williams ; produced by Joanna Anderson, Vicky Licorish, and Grainne Marmion ; directed by John Alexander.
[United States :
Distributed by PBS Distribution,
2010.
1 videodisc (ca. 3 hr.) :
sd., col. ;
4 3/4 in.
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Andrea Levy.
Originally produced as a television movie broadcast as an episode of Masterpiece classic in 2009.
Screenplay, Paula Milne, Sarah Williams ; producers, Joanna Anderson, Vicky Licorish, Grainne Marmion ; director, John Alexander.
Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Benedict Cumberbatch.
Explores the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and the other English, whose worlds intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. It is a story of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers.
Not rated.
DVD; widescreen; NTSC; stereo.; region 1.
20210101.
Closed-captioned.
Immigrants
Great Britain
Drama.
Jamaicans
Great Britain
Drama.
Racism
Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Great Britain
History
George VI, 1936-1952
Drama.
London (England)
Drama.
Television movies.
Fiction television programs.
Television adaptations.
Made-for-TV movies.
Harris, Naomie,
1976-
Oyelowo, David.
Wilson, Ruth,
1982-
Cumberbatch, Benedict,
1976-
Milne, Paula.
Williams, Sarah,
(Sarah B.)
Anderson, Joanna.
Licorish, Vicky.
Marmion, Grainne.
Alexander, John,
1897-1982.
Levy, Andrea,
1956-2019
Small island.
PBS Distribution (Firm).
Ruby Television (Firm).
AL Films (Firm).
British Broadcasting Corporation.
WGBH (Television station : Boston), Mass.)
Masterpiece theatre (Television program.)