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.
Cast
Ellen Thomas
Miriam
Ashabi Ajikawo
Fumi
Simon Lee Clarke
Abe
David Boateng
Sunny
Amy-Jo Lynch
Betty
Rosemary Da Costa
Nigerian Woman
Chantelle La Rose
1st Girl
Kandiah Binns
2nd Girl
Pauline Melville
Neighbour
Simon Cuff
Husband
Joanna Hole
Neighbour
Storyline
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.
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