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

7.00

Genres

Drama

Production

Channel 4 Television

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Cast

Hilja Lindsay ParkinsonMovie Cast

Hilja Lindsay Parkinson

Obe Kanayo

Wumni OlaiyaMovie Cast

Wumni Olaiya

African Spirit

Charlotte MooreMovie Cast

Charlotte Moore

Mrs. Mortimer

Laura PentaMovie Cast

Laura Penta

Sarah

Rowena Meddeman

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