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Home Away from Home

Country: United Kingdom, Language: English, 11 mins

  • Director: Maureen Blackwood
  • Writer: Maureen Blackwood
  • Producer: Johann Insanally, Michael Kelk, Nadine Marsh-Edwards

CGiii Comment

To fully understand this...you have to have lived somewhere other than home.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Miriam, who lives with her four children in an English suburb, dreams of returning to her rural African home.

Cast & Characters

Ellen Thomas (as Miriam)
Ashabi Ajikawo (as Fumi)
Simon Lee Clarke (as Abe)
David Boateng (as Sunny)
Amy-Jo Lynch (as Betty)
Rosemary da Costa (as Nigerian woman)
Chantelle La Rose (as 1st Girl)
Kandiah Binns (as 2nd Girl)
Pauline Melville (as Neighbour)
Simon Cuff (as Husband)
Joanna Hole (as Sloanie neighbour)