Weekend: Archive: Snapshot in Time of Asian Settlers ; the Midlands has a Reputation As a Cultural Melting Point. But How Easy Was It for People to Settle in a Foreign Land? Chief Feature Writer Paul Groves Looks at a Tv Documentary Providing a Rare Insight

Summary

---

Britain's social past has come back to the fore in recent months thanks to the discovery of films chronicling every aspect of life.

The BBC's popular Nation on Film series used such rediscovered film to look back over the last 100 years and the final episode - Make Yourself At Home - focuses on the emergence of Britain's Asian communities.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Weekend: Archive: Snapshot in Time of Asian Settlers ; the Midlands has a Reputation As a Cultural Melting Point. But How Easy Was It for People to Settle in a Foreign Land? Chief Feature Writer Paul Groves Looks at a Tv Documentary Providing a Rare Insight

Indeed, the programme looks at the importance of film in both helping such communities settle into their new country and also as a way of raising awareness about the people who were settling in our ...

See the full content of this document

---