Home Away from Home

Home Away from Home

11 mins | Drama | Jan. 2, 1993

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.

Home Away from Home

11 mins | Drama | Jan. 2, 1993

Home Away from Home
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.
Producers Sankofa Film & Video
Original title Home Away from Home
Directors Henry Tomlinson, Mark J. Ingram, Maureen Blackwood
Writers Maureen Blackwood

Cast

Ellen Thomas

as Miriam

Ashabi Ajikawo

as Fumi

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 Neighbour