One Sunday Morning (1996)
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The threat of deportation causes tension in the lives of a young Nigerian family.
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Video Clips
| 1. 'You always say tomorrow' (1:48) |
| 2. No further right of appeal (2:30) |
| 3. Drumming (2:40) |
What do you think?
Watch the first clip, 'You always say tomorrow'
- Why is Mordecai selling flowers on the road?
Now watch the second extract, 'No further right of appeal'
- Why do you think the filmmaker chooses to portray the government official in this way?
- Why is Margaret shown selling flowers?
Now watch the third extract, 'Drumming'
- What do you think the drum symbolises?
- Why is Mordecai being refused asylum?
- Why do you think the filmmaker chose to shoot the film in black and white?
- Mordecai is selling flowers because he has not been granted refugee status. This means he is not legally allowed to work in the UK.
- The government official appears firm and perhaps unsympathetic to the couple.
- Margaret has now replaced her husband selling flowers because he has not been granted asylum in the UK.
- The drum could be seen as a symbol of the family's Nigerian culture.
- According to the official it is because he has not put his asylum application in time unlike his wife and daughters.
- Filmmakers might chose to use black and white film for many reasons - in this film it could be seen to produce a gritty, realistic quality similar in appearance to documentary.
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