Arranged Marriages

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Arranged Marriages (ATV Today)


In 1979 a government white paper proposed the withdrawal of the right to enter the UK in order to get married. At a school in West Bromwich John McLeod discovers that pupils of Asian descent are not happy with the tradition of arranged marriages, while John Mitchell talks to a couple who were threatened by family members when they married across religions. Pravin Lukka of the Confederation of Indian Organisations describes the white paper as a 'white lie'!


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South Asian Britain on Film

Discover a rich history reaching back over a century as we celebrate South Asian communities and culture across Britain.

From local news to feature film, through home movies and TV documentaries, this collection showcases South Asian Britons in front of and behind the camera. The contribution of colonial troops is illuminated through the earliest newsreels, while hardhitting current affairs programmes highlight the struggles faced in the 1960s, 1970s and beyond. Public information films produced for South Asian audiences feature alongside Hindi-language films made in Britain and interviews with prominent Asian-British figures. A bold wave of British Asian filmmaking in the 1990s is represented through early works by the likes of Gurinder Chadha and Asif Kapadia.


74 videos in this collection

1

Sikh Matron

2

The Referee

3

Asian Pub Landlord

Britain's oldest mosque welcomes a vast crowd of worshippers, visitors, curious onlookers and the odd newsreel camera!
4

An Oriental Atmosphere Topical Budget 875-2

5

Gandhi in England British Screen News No. 335

6

Shakti

7

A Safe Place to Be

8

Indian Businessman

Bollywood-on-Thames: East meets West in a tale of two loves in 70s London
9

Pasand Apni Apni

10

Pasand Apni Apni (Trailer)

11

The Waiting Room

12

Insaaf

13

Tariq Ali

14

Dilip Hiro

15

London Me Bharat (1972) India in London

It's twistin' time! Wander in and celebrate Trev's 21st birthday in this fly-on-the-wall film.
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Trev's 21st 1963

17

Defending a Way of Life

18

Naz

New law targets discrimination in housing and employment in this eye-opening public information film.
19

Race Relations Board

20

See for Yourself!

21

Leamington Spa Race Relations

22

Pakistani Bus Driver

23

Credo[12/11/78]

24

English As a Second Language (First and Second Phase Teaching)

25

Like Me

26

Benares Carpet Weaver in Exeter

27

A Mosque in the Park

28

Indian Bands for Wembley Topical Budget 658-1

29

For the Aga Khan's Prize Topical Budget 958-2

30

Indian Tales

31

Asian Arranged Marriages

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Arranged Marriages

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New Ways

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Growing Day by Day

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Skin Deep

36

The Sheep Thief

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A New Kind of Match

38

Ugandan Asians at Houndstone Camp

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Ugandan Asians at Plasterdown Camp

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Uganda Asians

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Ugandan Asians at Heathfield Camp

42

Exodus - Uganda

43

Out of the Darkness

44

A Sikh Wedding in Exeter

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Gaumont Graphic No. 373

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British News No. 2

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British News No. 53

48

Indian Classical Dance

49

Asian Fashions

Dance, music and celebrations at the Folklore Festival
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Sri Lankan Kandyan Dance Troop at Sidmouth

51

A Love Supreme

52

Asian Jewellery

Young working class Londoners fight racism with the power of rock and reggae in this anarchic documentary.
53

Divide and Rule - Never!

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Arts Centre

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Asian Community Centre

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Asian Cultural Centre opens in Peterborough

Peterborough's Playbus offers a fun and welcoming space for ethnic minority families to improve their English language skills.
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Peterborough Playbus

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Indian 11th Republic Day Celebrations at Leicester

59

Immigration Control

60

Surviving Sabu

The beginning of a Mancunian tradition - could this be the first Moss Side Carnival?
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Alexandra Park Pageant, 27 June 1970

Guru blessing - Councillors join a religious reading at the Guru Arjan Niwas Sikh Temple on Clifton Street in Exeter
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Exeter Councillors' Sikh Temple Visit

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Schools for Moslems

The UK's first purpose-built mosque welcomes a huge crowd of worshippers - and newsreel cameras!
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Feast of eid-ul-fitr Topical Budget 663-1

A historic occasion in Southfields as London's first mosque is officially opened.
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Islam in London Topical Budget 789-1

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Indian Sweets

67

No Virginity, No Nationality

68

The Indian Review - Grand March past of the Forty Indian Regiments

69

Working to a Pattern

An appeal to Muslims to come and work in Manchester.
70

Moslems in Britain - Manchester

71

Moslems in Britain - Places

Perky presenter Gamal Kinnay extols the joys of industrial Cardiff, in this recruitment film designed to encourage Arab workers to come to Britain.
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Moslems in Britain - Cardiff

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Ugandan Asians in Leicester

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Moslems in Britain - People

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