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Burning an Illusion (1981)
Directed by Menelik Shabazz
“the story of a Black woman's awakening”
Drama · 1h 46m
A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better.
Cast
C
Cassie McFarlane
Pat Williams
Victor Romero Evans
Del Bennett
B
Beverley Martin
Sonia
Angela Wynter
Cynthia
M
Malcolm Frederick
Chamberlain
Chris Tummings
Scotty
Trevor Laird
Pest
C
Corinne Skinner-Carter
Pat's Mother
John Cannon
Prison Warder
Nicola Wright
Christine
Larrington Walker
Tony
M
Marva Buchanan
Lorna
Crew
- Director
- Menelik Shabazz
- Writer
- Menelik Shabazz
- Director of Photography
- Roy Cornwall
- Original Music Composer
- Seyoum Netfa, Ras Angels
- Editor
- Judy Seymour
- Producer
- Vivien Pottersman
Details
- Release date
- 1981-11-13
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BFI