(Lewisham)

Hand to Mouth presents Grandma's Footsteps

'What do you need to be British? 'You have to hate the French for a start. And the Germans, the Argentinians… pretty much the rest of the world.' Three young men journey into their past to discover their roots…A grandmother in Sierra Leone clutching her Tiffin box on the way to boarding school, a grandfather leaving his family in Jamaica to find work, and bombs dropping on suburban grannies in London. Taking detours through great British institutions: Sunday roast, the pub, and the offside rule - they ask, 'what do we inherit from our ancestors?

 


 

 

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