Small Island (DVD, 2010)

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Ruth Wilson ( Jane Eyre ) and Benedict Cumberbatch ( The Last Enemy ) star as their English landlords Queenie and Bernard, a conventional but mismatched couple whose long separation during the war is an awakening for Queenie, though her open heart and remarkable lack of prejudice prove to be gifts that exact a high price.

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As adapted from the bestselling 2004 novel of the same name by Andrea Levy, the miniseries SMALL ISLAND observes the experiences of two very different married couples - one Jamaican, the other British - whose lives intersect at a point in post-WWII England when the relationship between their parent countries is about to irrevocably change. David Oyelowo and Naomie Harris star as Gilbert and Hortense, Jamaican immigrants who wed in a marriage of convenience and must battle bigotry and intense social rejection from the British on a daily basis. All that they really want is to be proud and happy subjects at the United Kingdom, when it would be easy to feel resentment and fury given the circumstances: many of their fellow countrymen are the descendants of Jamaicans who had been forcibly enslaved to the British Empire in an earlier era. Meanwhile, the couple's married English landlords, Bernard (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Queenie (Ruth Wilson) are still rebounding from the experience of a lengthy wartime separation. Queenie projects an unusual attitude toward Gilbert and Hortense, given her lack of bigotry and unquestioning acceptance, but this ironically threatens to create more problems than it solves. Shot in location in Northern Ireland, this miniseries originally aired on the BBC in England, and ran on PBS in the United States, via WGBH's popular MASTERPIECE THEATRE program.

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UPC0841887012362
eBay Product ID (ePID)82768979

Product Key Features

ActorNaomie Harris
RatingNR
Movie/TV TitleSmall Island
DirectorJohn Alexander
FormatDVD
Release Year2010
GenreDrama

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Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs1
Leading RoleNaomie Harris
Release Date20100608

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  • Watching this movie, make me think how we as people should stick more together.

    The movie is very good and entertainment to watch.

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  • Excellent film!

    Well- crafted work of fiction. I can easily see this scenario actually happening. Characters are interesting and believable. Good character development.

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  • Hood’s Review

    Actors great and the story was superb, felt like I there in time.

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  • Moving multiracial drama

    Stirring adaptation of Andrea Levy's epic novel of Black Jamaican immigration to the UK after WWII. Brit TV at its best.

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  • Black Lives Matter

    Very good movie but the prejudice hurts.

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  • Nice Mini Series-Small Island

    Glad I discovered this great Mini series.

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  • Kept my interest

    I really enjoyed watching this movie, didn't lose interest in it.

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