All three episodes from the ITV adaptation of Catherine Cook's depression era novel. Bridget McQueen (Niamh Cusack) causes familial uproar when she returns home with a black husband (Tony Armatrading). Their problems intensify with the birth of their mixed-race child, Rose Angela, who, in turn, struggles to make her way in the world against overwhelming odds. However, a chance encounter with a stranger changes the course of her life forever.
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Colour Blind [DVD] (1998)
Item as described. Fast delivery! Would purchase from this seller again.
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Great Book
Bought this for my auntie for her birthday and she loved it! Thank you.
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Colour Blind - defying peer pressure when it comes to a white woman marrying a black man.
Niamh Cusack, known best for her part in Hearbeat, plays a white woman who marries a black man. The natural reaction of the family is to outcast him, except the father of the character that Niamh Cusack plays. Also, the other character that respects him is the white man, in love with her. But she married the black, and when he flees the country after a run-in with her brother, she still won't marry the white man - she is married to the black. This was all around the time when their child has just been born.He comes back, years later, finds his daughter as a maid; and after some complex events, finally makes contact with the white woman who he married all those years ago. Although, he is dying when they meet, so she only has a few short weeks.Then this allows he to make a fresh start with the white man who's always stood by her and always loved her, too.
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Enjoyable
I am from the North east of England and find that I can easily relate to this author. I used to read her books a long time ago. This is a family movie and we have already watched it twice.
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Mum loves it
My elderly mum loves Catherine Cookson and I bought this as a Christmas present. It didn't disappoint at all, she watches them all over and over again. The storylines are a little predictable but that doesn't matters if you like them in the first place.
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great
This is a lovely dvd and I would highly recommend this to add to your collection of Catherine Cookson.You can watch them over and over again and never get tired of them
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Perfect condition
Arrived in perfect condition
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Actors were all great. Learned a lot about Ireland
I found Colour Blind, on YouTube, while doing a study on race relations. Actors were all great. Learned a lot about Ireland. I wish that Colour Blind was released as a region 1 format. But PS4 plays it. YouTube does not give you the ending. Which led to my purchasel. Definitely a movie worth watching again and again.
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Der alltaegliche Rassismus
Eine Frau irischer Abstamung aus der Unterschicht im Norden Englands, die im Jahre 1915 einen schwarzen Afrikaner heiratet. Es kann nicht gut gehen. Und es ist nicht gut gegangen, soviel kann man verraten. Obwohl sie sich geliebt haben, obwohl er sie wie eine Koenigin behandelt hat. Doch er war zu lange abwesend, es war Krieg, und er war Matrose auf einem Kriegsschiff. Und ihre Umgebung machte ihr das Leben zur Hoelle, vor allem ihr gewaltaetige Bruder Matt und ihre Mutter. Die das Kind ihrer Tochter waehrend der Entbindung toeten lassen wollte, wenn es schwarz sein sollte. Das Kind ist schwarz, doch der Arzt verhindert den Mord. Also waechst das schwarze Maedchen in der primitiven weissen Umgebung auf, wo es nur gehaenselt und ausgegrenzt wird. Eine der schoensten Szenen des Films ist jene, wenn das Maedchen heulend in der (katholischen) Kirche sitzt weil ihr die anderen Kinder gesagt haben, sie koenne nicht in den Himmel kommen, da sie nicht weiss sei. Und der Priester ihr dann sagt, Himmel sei kein Klub nur fuer Weisse und Gott sei doch farbenblind. Daher der Titel des Films.Das Maedchen waechst zu einer schoenen jungen Frau heran, doch auch im Erwachsenenleben wird sie alltaeglich mit dem Rassismus konfrontiert. Vor Allem Maenner, fuer welche sie als Dienstmaedchen arbeitet, betrachten sie als Freiwild. Aber Cookson waere nicht Cookson, wenn es, nach ziemlich vielen Verwicklungen, doch nicht zu einem Happy-end kaeme. Auch fuer die Mutter, vor allem aber fuer die Tochter. Die am Ende doch herausfindet, dass es auch Maenner gibt, die farbenblind sind. Und das sind die besten.Es ist ein schoener, leiser Film; auch wenn er durchaus Gewaltszenen enthalt, werden die Gefuehle der Protagonisten durch ihre Augen ausgedrueckt. Obwohl zwei grosse und auch gewaltbereite Maenner aeusserlich den Film dominieren, der Afrikaner James und sein Schwager Matt, sind es eigentlich drei stille, leise Maenner, die den Ton angeben und die in Erinnerung bleiben, der buecherlesende Grossvater, der stille, geduldige "Onkel" Tony und der traumatisierte Maler Michael, dargestellt von James Larkin, der fuer mich die beste Vorstellung abgegeben hat.
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Catherine Cookson and me!
Love everything she wrote and how well it translates to the screen. Maybe there are some undiscovered works not yet adapted for DVD.
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Colour Blind
Colour Blind has all the ingredients of a great drama/romance story. Set in the north-east of England prior to World War 1 it tells to story of a romance which goes against the mores of the time...an English girl who falls for a black sailor & the ensuing consequences.The settings are wonderful, the acting first rate. It is a movie not to be missed.
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Cannot play U.K. movies in U.S.
I sure wish I had known that if you order a movie from the U.K. that I cannot play in on my D.V.D. player in the U.S. I sure wish Amazon had told me that before I bought the movie. Please let us know about that before we buy the movie. Thank You.
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