Flight of the Swan
Flight of the Swan

Movie·1992·0h 11m

Flight of the Swan

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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The Story

A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'.

Producer

Simon Onwurah, Nadine Marsh-Edwards

Cinematography

Alwin H. Küchler

Editor

Liz Webber

Themes

danceidentitytransformationbullyingalienationballetprejudiceracismracial prejudicecultureballet schoolself expression

Production House

Channel 4 Television

Audience Score

70%

1 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

Where to watch

Region: GB

Free

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Cast

Hilja Lindsay Parkinson

Obe Kanayo

Wumni Olaiya

African Spirit

Charlotte Moore

Mrs. Mortimer

Laura Penta

Sarah

Rowena Meddeman

Rowena Meddeman

Bully

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Crew

Ngozi Onwurah

Ngozi Onwurah

Director, Writer

Simon Onwurah

Producer

Liz Webber

Editor

Alwin H. Küchler

Alwin H. Küchler

Director of Photography

Nadine Marsh-Edwards

Executive Producer

Kanayo Onwurah

Producer

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