Silent in the Crowd
Film duration:
13
Year:
1991
Countries:
United Kingdom
Original format:
Umatic Video
Colour:
Colour
Psychiatrists have long known that the rate of serious mental illness, like schizophrenia amongst West Indian immigrants, is disproportionately high; some 3–4 times that of white Britons.
– Bob Ramdhanie
Black Voices, the Birmingham based all‑female group of a cappella singers expresses through the lyrics of songs, fused with free‑style movement of dances, the issue of the high incidence of serious mental illness among Caribbean immigrants in Britain.
Description Source: Cinenova Catalogue (1994). Edited by Kate Norrish. Editorial committee: Elaine Burrows, Liane Harris, Helen de Witt
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