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 I'm British But...
Upper intermediate
& advanced

A 30-minute video cassette and a teacher's booklet which provides historical background notes, teaching suggestions and extended activities, as well as the complete time-coded transcript to facilitate the use of the film.

 

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I'm British But..., a documentary produced for the British Film Institute, shows how second-generation Asians in Britain, caught between two cultural landscapes, are trying to develop their own identity. In interviews, four young people from different backgrounds discuss their parents, their lives, their perception of themselves and their relation to British culture and society. The film shows the importance of language, music and dress in creating a multicultural society. 

This documentary presents a varied and positive image of what it is like to live in two cultures and is a good starting point for the study of cultural identity, assimilation and acculturation.

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