The Arbor

“A Documentary Re-Invented”

7.2(44)20101h 31m

DramaDocumentary

The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".

Director

Clio Barnard

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$0.0M

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Cast

Christine Bottomley

Lisa Thompson

Manjinder Virk

Lorraine Dunbar

Natalie Gavin

The Girl

George Costigan

Jimmy 'The Wig'

Monica Dolan

Ann Hamilton

Neil Dudgeon

Steve Saul

Jimi Mistry

Yousaf

Robert Emms

Young David

Kate Rutter

The Mother

Danny Webb

Max Stafford-Clark / The Father

Matthew McNulty

Andrew Dunbar

Kathryn Pogson

Pamela Dunbar

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2mo ago

7.0

Using a combination on documentary style film making and some more theatrical re-enactments, this takes a candid approach to it’s telling of the story of troubled playwright Andrea Dunbar - probably most famous for her “Rita, Sue and Bob Too”. The arbor in question is a street on the 1950s Buttershaw housing estate in the Yorkshire city of Bradford, and it’s primarily through the eyes of those por...