MASTERPIECE: SMALL ISLAND

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• Release Year: 2009
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: This poignant adaptation of Andrea Levy's award-winning novel explores the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and the other English, whose worlds intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. It is a story of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers.;
• Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo, Ashley Walters, Eoin Macken, Shaun Parkes, Nikki Amuka Bird, Karl Johnson, Hugh Quarshie, Mark Ryder, Michael Elwyn, Peter Brooke, Denise Black, Roger Sloman, Mary Jo Randle, Jonathan Harden, Laura Hughes, Rachel Pickup, Laurence Spellman, Leonie Forbes, Denis Halligan, Bentley Kalu, Terence Frisch, Teddy Price, Damien Devaney, Delroy Atkinson, Kerri McLean, Caoimhe McErlean, William Meredith, John Alexander, Paula Milne, Sarah Williams
• Director: John Alexander
• Runtime: 2:48
• Company: PBS
• Media Format: Movie