Small island (DVD) [videorecording] / a Ruby Television production in association with AL Films for BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston ; screenplay by Paula Milne and Sarah Williams ; produced by Joanna Anderson, Vicky Licorish, and Grainne Marmion ; directed by John Alexander.
Title from container. Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Benedict Cumberbatch. Based on the novel by Andrea Levy. Originally produced as a television movie broadcast as an episode of Masterpiece classic in 2009.
Summary:
Explores the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and the other English, whose worlds intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. It is a story of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers.
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