1992Drama0h 11m

Flight of the Swan

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'.

7.0
Score

Information

StatusReleased
Original Languageen

Keywords

danceidentitytransformationbullyingalienationballetprejudiceracismracial prejudicecultureballet schoolself expressionnigerian cinemawoman directorbelongingmovementnigerian girl

Production

Channel 4 Television
Channel 4 Television