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WUTI Presents: Trailblazing Women of British Cinema
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Directed by Gurinder Chadha | 30 mins | 1990
The vivacious, Bhangra-infused debut of "Bend it Like Beckham" (2002) writer-director Gurinder Chadha takes an expansive look at what it means to be British through the eyes of second-generation migrants from Asia. From the participants’ heterogeneous responses emerges a distinctly postcolonial, anti-nationalist message.
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Directed by Ngozi Onwurah | 24 mins | 1991
A tale of two women, a mother and a daughter, divided not just by age but by race and conventions of sexual desirability too, with the elder woman having undergone a double mastectomy and the teenager stepping into modeling. Ngozi Onwurah’s boldly styliz... -
The London Story
Directed by Sally Potter | 16 mins | 1986
A highly choreographed spy spoof involving an investigation into government foreign policy malfeasance which Sally Potter stages in front of London’s most recognizable landmarks.
