Motherland
All Short Films (5-15 mins) A-Z
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13m
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. Motherland explores what it means to be British, and asks: who gets to decide?
Commissioned and funded by The Uncertain Kingdom.
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