MOVIE

Flight of the Swan

Name: Flight of the Swan
Director: Ngozi Onwurah
Genre: Drama
Released: 1992-10-09
Cast: Hilja Lindsay Parkinson, Wumni Olaiya, Charlotte Moore, Laura Penta, Rowena Meddeman

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'.

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… + more

Release Date

1992-10-09

Year

1992

Duration

11m

Status

Released

Score

0.00

Genres

Drama

Production

Channel 4 Television

#dance#identity#transformation#bullying#alienation#ballet#prejudice#racism#racial-prejudice#culture#ballet-school#self-expression#nigerian-cinema#woman-director#belonging#movement+1 more

Cast

No Image

Hilja Lindsay Parkinson

Obe Kanayo

No Image

Wumni Olaiya

African Spirit

No Image

Charlotte Moore

Mrs. Mortimer

No Image

Laura Penta

Sarah

Rowena Meddeman

Bully