The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown
The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown
| 28 December 1964 (USA)
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A delightful Christmas musical about a young Jamaican woman who flees her humdrum Liverpool lodgings in search of her glamorous London cousin. Broadcast live on 28 December 1964, this rare TV musical is one of few to have survived from the 1960s. A tale of Afro-Caribbean immigration, the show is unusual for its time in that it doesn't labour the issues around racial tensions in Britain, but simply celebrates Christmas and family.

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Develiker

terrible... so disappointed.

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Mabel Munoz

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

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Jenna Walter

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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Janis

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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