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DVD

Small island

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (OSH)

Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Benedict Cumberbatch.

Publication Information

[Boston] : PBS Distribution, c2010.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

The lives of two couples--one Jamaican, one English--intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. Hortense and Gilbert, Jamaican immigrants in a marriage of convenience, seek opportunity despite daily struggles against racism and rejection--striving to be proud subjects of the British Empire at a time when people whose ancestors had been slaves for the empire began coming to their mother country in search of a new future. Queenie and Bernard are their English landlords, a conventional but mismatched couple whose long separation during the war is an awakening for Queenie, though her open heart and remarkable lack of prejudice prove to be gifts that exact a high price.

Notes

Title from container.

"Masterpiece classic"--Container.

Based on the novel by Andrea Levy.

Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 2009.

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