Home Away from Home

Name: Home Away from Home
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993
Duration: 11 min
Rating: 10

1993 · 11 min

Drama

★ 10.0

Criterion

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.

Crew

Director Maureen Blackwood
Writer Maureen Blackwood
Director of Photography Henry Braham

Cast

Ellen Thomas
Miriam
A
Ashabi Ajikawo
Fumi
S
Simon Lee Clarke
Abe
D
David Boateng
Sunny
A
Amy-Jo Lynch
Betty
R
Rosemary Da Costa
Nigerian Woman
C
Chantelle La Rose
1st Girl
K
Kandiah Binns
2nd Girl
Pauline Melville
Neighbour
Simon Cuff
Husband
J
Joanna Hole
Neighbour

Crew

Director — Maureen Blackwood
Writer — Maureen Blackwood
Director of Photography — Henry Braham

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