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2025103 minPGdocumentary

In Those Days

2025103 minPGdocumentary

Afro-Caribbean immigrants to the UK share their personal narratives, reflecting on their experiences and challenges as part of the Windrush generation in post-war Britain.

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Afro-Caribbean immigrants to the UK share their personal narratives, reflecting on their experiences and challenges as part of the Windrush generation in post-war Britain.

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Don Letts

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In 2025, director Don Letts presents In Those Days, a documentary focused on the first wave of Afro-Caribbean immigrants to the UK. Their stories reflect their memories of home, the challenges of arriving in a post-war Britain, and the lives they built in a new land. The film emphasizes the experiences of the Windrush generation through personal narratives. It runs for 103 minutes.

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