Flight of the Swan
1992-10-09 en 11m
Drama
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'.
Camera Operator
Simone Horrocks
Writer
Ngozi Onwurah
Director
Ngozi Onwurah
Assistant Director
Joel Phiri
Producer
Simon Onwurah
Makeup Artist
Alex King
dance identity transformation bullying alienation ballet prejudice racism racial prejudice culture ballet school self expression nigerian cinema woman director belonging movement nigerian girl
Status
ReleasedCountries
- United Kingdom
Companies
- Channel 4 Television
