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Once upon a Time (1991)

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Film details

Featuring

Maureen Hibbert Anthony Wellington Gavin Watson
Countries

United Kingdom England
Year

1991
Type

Television
Category

Non Fiction

Synopsis

'A bed time story told by Grace, a young African mother to her two children becomes the metaphor for the mother's own life. Metaphor gives way to irony and the fairy story with its flamboyant narrative is visually contrasted with the harsh reality of the woman's life, as the equivalent characters, locations and situations replace on the screen the words that fire young imaginations.' The woman's own story tells of growing up in East London, meeting her sons' father, their eventual marriage and setting up home together on a housing estate where a gang of white youths fills lazy hours taunting and tormenting the father. During an unequal fight to protect his home and family, a white man is accidentally stabbed and the father is imprisoned.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Grace
    
    Maureen Hibbert
  - King
    
    Anthony Wellington
  - Evil Knight\Alf
    
    Gavin Watson
  - cast member
    
    Chris Cheling
  - cast member
    
    Peter Kaye
  - cast member
    
    Michelle Holmes
  - cast member
    
    Paul Kynman
  - cast member
    
    Eddie Nestor
  - cast member
    
    Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Ian Roberts
  - Production Company
    
    Trow Out Poe
  - Sponsor
    
    Greater London Arts
  - Producer
    
    Paul Morris
  - Screenplay
    
    Rodney Charles
  - Director of Photography
    
    Jonathan Collinson
  - Editor
    
    Jonathan Morris
  - Music
    
    Derek Johnson
  - Sound
    
    Trevor Mathison

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