Mona Hammond
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mavis Chin OBE (born January 1, 1931), known professionally as Mona Hammond is a Jamaican-British actress of Chinese descent and co-founder of the Talawa Theatre Company. Born in Jamaica, Hammond emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where she has lived ever since. Hammond has had a long and distinguished stage career. She is best known for her work on British television, most notably playing Blossom Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mona Hammond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
10,000 BC
(2008)
A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. (more)
A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. (more)
Imagine Me & You (2005)
Kinky Boots
(2005)
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything ... (more)
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything ... (more)
Manderlay
(2005)
In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the owners of the farm. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to ... (more)
In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the owners of the farm. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to ... (more)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected ... (more)
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected ... (more)
Storm Damage (2000)
A young teacher returns to the children’s care home where he grew up, and becomes involved with the lives of the troubled teenage children. (more)
A young teacher returns to the children’s care home where he grew up, and becomes involved with the lives of the troubled teenage children. (more)
Herostratus
(1967)
Pure (2002)
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation. (more)
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation. (more)
Bucky (2014)
A story seen from the eyes of a five-year-old boy who, through no fault of his own, comes face to face with disaster. (more)
A story seen from the eyes of a five-year-old boy who, through no fault of his own, comes face to face with disaster. (more)
White Teeth (2002)
An adaptation of Zadie Smith's bestseller concerning the lives of two families from as far back as the 1800s and India to late 1990s Willesden. (more)
An adaptation of Zadie Smith's bestseller concerning the lives of two families from as far back as the 1800s and India to late 1990s Willesden. (more)
Fords on Water (1983)
Influential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond over their desire to escape from boredom and unemployment in Thatcher's Britain. (more)
Influential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond over their desire to escape from boredom and unemployment in Thatcher's Britain. (more)
Playboy of the West Indies (1985)
Based on J. M. Synge's Playboy of the Western World. Peggy Ford runs her father's rum bar in Mayaro, a quiet fishing village in Trinidad. Nothing much happens in Mayaro until a handsome young stranger appears and insists that he has just murdered his father. (more)
Based on J. M. Synge's Playboy of the Western World. Peggy Ford runs her father's rum bar in Mayaro, a quiet fishing village in Trinidad. Nothing much happens in Mayaro until a handsome young stranger appears and insists that he has just murdered his father. (more)
When Love Dies (1990)
A young man looks back over his unhappy marriage and struggles to come to terms with his wife's suicide. (more)
A young man looks back over his unhappy marriage and struggles to come to terms with his wife's suicide. (more)
In the Beautiful Caribbean (1972)
Play set in the Caribbean showing how life is hard and a struggle, with problems of unemployment and lack of money. (more)
Play set in the Caribbean showing how life is hard and a struggle, with problems of unemployment and lack of money. (more)
Club Havana (1975)
After 12 years away, Mrs Jordan’s son arrives in Birmingham from Jamaica. Writer Barry Reckord returns to the theme of an interracial relationship which causes conflict within a Jamaican family. Reconstructed from the surviving unedited studio footage by Simon ... (more)
After 12 years away, Mrs Jordan’s son arrives in Birmingham from Jamaica. Writer Barry Reckord returns to the theme of an interracial relationship which causes conflict within a Jamaican family. Reconstructed from the surviving unedited studio footage by Simon ... (more)
Victims of Apartheid (1978)
George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa. (more)
George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa. (more)