Flight of the Swan
1992•11m•7.0•Released
Drama
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'.
Director
Ngozi Onwurah
Writer
Ngozi Onwurah
Languages
English
Studio
Channel 4 Television
Cast
Hilja Lindsay Parkinson
Obe Kanayo
Wumni Olaiya
African Spirit
Charlotte Moore
Mrs. Mortimer
Laura Penta
Sarah
Rowena Meddeman
Bully
Production
Company
Channel 4 Television
Producer
Simon Onwurah
Producer
Kanayo Onwurah
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