This documentary is about my Mum and her
being the 2nd generation of black Caribbean’s to come over to this
country from the Caribbean. My grandmother and my grandfather on my Mums side
of the family came over to the UK from Grenada on June 22nd in the
year of 1948. They came over on a ship called the Empire Windrush. They came
over here to find work and a better life and it was when they came over here
that they had my mother. I know that before my Mum was born it was very hard
for my grandparents living in this country initially, so I thought it would be
interesting to see how my Mum found it growing up in a country that took her a
while to call it her own. Even though she was born in this country, her home
life would have been completely different to that of the standard Brit at the
time and with integration into the British society being a lot harder back
then, life as a black Caribbean youth was completely different then to how it
is now. Also the comparisons between how it was back then to how it is now is
one of the key themes in this documentary. Then lastly it looks at how she
dealt with the death of her father, who she was very close to throughout her
whole life. Hope you enjoy J
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn7YdSoV9VE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn7YdSoV9VE
