Joan Ann Maynard

Play set in the Caribbean showing how life is hard and a struggle, with problems of unemployment and lack of money.

“Set in Liverpool in the early 70s, the film tells the story of Samuel 'Lucky' Ubooto, a half African, half Irish man in his 20s whose decidedly unlucky career as a criminal has resulted in a series of stretches in prison for theft. The story follows Lucky on the day of his release from his latest sentence. As he wanders around Liverpool, not really belonging anywhere, it becomes clear that he is still waiting for his father, a man who has long since abandoned Lucky and his family, to return and take him back 'home' to Africa.” - Richard Parkin

Wally, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse Bhengali families.

Stanley Duke's life is thrown into chaos when his son is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and his home becomes a battleground for his past and present wives and other women.

An idealistic former soldier helps unite and house ethnic minorities in a run-down area of London's east end.