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Jun 30, 1988 · Playing Away: Directed by Horace Ové. With Norman Beaton, Robert Urquhart, Helen Lindsay, Nicholas Farrell. To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.
- (198)
- Comedy
- Horace Ové
- 1988-06-30
Mar 26, 2023 · A group of West Indian cricketers from inner city London are invited to participate in a charity match against a village team from rural Suffolk.
- 102 min
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- Play For Forever
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Horace Ové's 1987 comic film tells a culture clash tale of inner city, urban contemporary black Britain with rural picture postcard village olde (and exclusively white) England through the game of cricket.
Sadly, "Playing Away" is no exception. A group of West Indian cricketers from inner city London are invited to participate in a charity match against a village team from rural Suffolk. So far so good. But rather than portraying cricket as a potent social glue, the director instead chooses to use the game as a source of anger and bigotry.
