Not RatedFlame in the Streets

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Play Time: 93 mins
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Flame in the Streets

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Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of early 1960s Britain. Trades union leader (Mills) fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the prejudice of his wife.

Status: Released (1961-06-19)
Awards:Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total
Screen:Ted Willis
Productions: The Rank Organisation, Somerset Films
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
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It wasn't just in the USA that racial tension was rife in the 1960s, it was also pretty toxic for many living in urban Britain too. That's exemplified here by the young "Peter" (Johnny Sekka) who works at a factory where there's a sort of truce between the colours that's striven for ....

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