Burning an Illusion / written and directed by Menelik Shabazz.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Shabazz, Menelik, director, screenwriter.

Pottersman, Vivien, producer.

ArtMattan Productions.

Eleventh Hour Films (Firm), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Crimes against--Great Britain--Drama.

Black people.

Race discrimination--Great Britain--Drama.

Race discrimination.

Racism--Great Britain--Drama.

Racism.

Police misconduct--Great Britain--Drama.

Police misconduct.

Great Britain--Race relations--Drama.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : ArtMattan Productions, 1981.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

The illusions being burnt are those of Pat Williams (Cassie McFarlane), an attractive 22-year old Black girl with a steady clerical job, her own little flat in West London, and the aim of settling down to a comfortable lower-middle class married life with Mr. Right. She is shaken out of this dream by Del, a feckless, disgruntled macho type (played with sullen charm by one of UK's best Black actors, Victor Romero), who moves in with her uninvited. He expects sex and food on demand and comes to regard the right side of the bed as his private preserve. The film explores first the growing tensions of the affair and then the girl's gradual realization that her aspirations are simply those that a white world has imposed upon her. Drawn into the world of 'Africa' (and the realization of her own cultural background) and also one in which women are not mere chattels, looking for more chattels, she begins to see society more sharply.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed October 13, 2016).

Won 1983 Amiens International Film Festival Golden Unicorn Award, Best Film

OCLC:

961281794