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A PORTRAIT OF MR. PINK

Helena Appio
Great Britain 1997 | 16 Min. | BetaSP, OF

The delight­ful Mr. Pink is a 73 year old Jamaican immi­grant, who has worked for most of his adult life as a refuse col­lec­tor in London. Since his retire­ment he has chosen to express his cre­ativ­i­ty through dec­o­rat­ing the exte­ri­or and inte­ri­or of his large, crum­bling Vic­to­ri­an house in an unusu­al, and some might say, eccen­tric way. But as Mr. Pink com­ments: ”Some like this house and some may not like it, I don’t know. But I know a lot of people like it, and I like it myself!” 

DIM SUM - A LITTLE BIT OF HEART

Jane Wong
Great Britain 2002 | 62 Min. | BetaSP, OF
Three Chi­nese women – Mari­et­ta, Wah So and Linda - sit making dumplings (dim sum) and chat­ting in a Chi­nese gro­cery in Liv­er­pool. The film­mak­er, who also hap­pens to be … read more

RAJ OR RADGE?

Menhaj Huda
Great Britain 2001 | 3 Min. | BetaSP, OF
Faz, a Scot­tish guy of Pak­istani descent, enter­tains us with his life story in three min­utes and why he thinks he is ”more Scot­tish than the Scot­tish”. The film was … read more

SAFAR - THE JOURNEY

Sandhya Suri
Great Britain 2002 | 29 Min. | BetaSP, OF
SAFAR is a tale of the Asian Dias­po­ra. It is a moving account of a man’s dream to reset­tle in his native India after a period of almost 40 years … read more

WE’VE LIVED HERE ALL OUR LIVES

Vikaas Mistry
Great Britain 1997 | 3 Min. | BetaSP, OF
WE’VE LIVED HERE ALL OUR LIVES is a film taking a quick look at Indi­ans living in the UK. The film brings up issues that many Indi­ans in the UK … read more