Flight of the Swan

Overview

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'.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 9, 1992

Original language

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

Channel 4 Television

Cast

Rowena Meddeman,Laura Penta,Wumni Olaiya,Hilja Lindsay Parkinson,Charlotte Moore

Director

Ngozi Onwurah

Writer

Ngozi Onwurah

Producer

Kanayo Onwurah,Nadine Marsh-Edwards,Simon Onwurah

Cinematography

Alwin H. Küchler

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0136200