Record numbers of British citizens are leaving the UK. Immigration and the flow of people is one of the biggest issues facing the 'developed' world. But it is not just a one way street.
This film is a lyrical document of the thoughts and feelings of seven British outflow migrants, their reasons for leaving the UK and their reflections of 'home'.
This film is a lyrical document of the thoughts and feelings of seven British outflow migrants, their reasons for leaving the UK and their reflections of 'home'.
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23 minutes, DV Cam, July 2006.
Filmed, directed and edited by Joanne Ball
Music by Richard Warp
Produced as part of MA at Goldsmiths College 2006.
Shown at the London International Documentary Festival 2008, at the British Film Institute's National Film Theatre as part of an 'Emerging Documentary Filmmakers' programme, selected for the 3rd Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Doha, 2007, included in the catalogue of MEDIMED doc market '07 , Barcelona and screened at Cineclub Detour, Rome.
(cc) Joanne Ball/Goldsmiths College 2006
This film is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
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DVD-R screener of 'A Better Life'available on request