Sikh Matron
- Kinver
- 1985
A series of interviews about life in the capital with Muslims living and studying in London
Part of a series called Muslims in Britain, this film features interviews with students, scholars and businessmen enthusing about life in London. Sponsored by the Foreign Office and the Central Office of Information, it places institutions such as the London School of Economics and SOAS at the forefront of London's appeal to international students. Despite the cold climate, the interviewees enjoy life in the capital and the 'international society' it offers.
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.