Motherland
After a lifetime in Britain, three men are sent “home” to Jamaica. Two are deported following prison sentences, whilst a third is trapped in bureaucratic exile. Far from their families and friends in the UK, they must construct new lives from nothing. Motherland explores what it means to be British, and asks: who gets to decide?
Dir. Ellen Evans - 13min - 2020 - UK
"a heartbreaking set of interviews by Ellen Evans with black Britons either deported back to Jamaica or, in the case of one Windrusher, refused re-entry to Britain." - The Guardian
Commissioned and funded by The Uncertain Kingdom.
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Motherland
Dir. Ellen Evans - 13min - 2020 - UK
After a lifetime in Britain, three men are sent “home” to Jamaica. Two are deported following prison sentences, whilst a third is trapped in bureaucratic exile. Far from their families and friends in the UK, they must construct new lives from nothing. Motherl...
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Motherland - Trailer
Dir. Ellen Evans - 13min - 2020 - UK
MOTHERLAND traces the experiences of two young men forcibly returned to Jamaica after a lifetime in Britain, alongside the story of a Windrush generation man denied re-entry to the UK. Through the personal accounts of those who have had their British identity...
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72.4 KBDirector Notes: Motherland
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388 KBMotherland - Poster
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2.53 MBStill - Opening Shot
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2.25 MBStill - Goalkeeper
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1.49 MBStill - Landscape
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1.29 MBStill - Window
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2.53 MBStill - Treeline
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