Acting our age / an Umbi Film production for BBC Television ; producer, Deanne Edwards ; director, Gurinder Chadha.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Chadha, Gurinder, director.

Edwards, Deanne, producer.

Bhambra, Jitkaur, interviewer.

Gianni, Sohan Singh, interviewer.

Umbi Films, producer.

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, producer.

National Asian American Telecommunications Association, distributor.

Language:

English

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Older people--England--London--Interviews.

Older people.

South Asians--England--London--Social conditions.

South Asians.

South Asians--Cultural assimilation--England--London.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Race relations.

History.

Immigrants.

East Indians.

Interviews.

Ethnicity.

Social conditions.

England.

England--London.

South Asians--England--London--Ethnic identity.

East Indians--Great Britain--Interviews.

Immigrants--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Great Britain--Race relations--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (29 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Umbi Film ; San Francisco, CA : National Asian American Telecommunications Association, 1993.

Language Note:

In English and Indic languages with English subtitles.

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

With the assistance of the filmmaker, residents of the Milap Day Centre, Southall, West London, a home for South Asian elderly, shoot their own video. They interview a wide range of subjects...from people on the street to members of Parliament. Their production reveals generational attitudes, crosscultural values, racism, and everyday problems which South Asian elderly encounter.

Participant:

Jitkaur Bhambra, Sohan Singh Gianni.

Credits:

Photography, Nina Kellgren, Lucy Bristow.

Notes:

Video release of the 1992 production.

OCLC:

32656970