Small Island backdrop
Small Island poster
Trailer
Small Island
5.8
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30m
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2009
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Ended
Overview
Follow three intricately connected stories of Jamaicans and Londoners involved in World War Two. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as we trace the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.

Cast
David Oyelowo poster
David Oyelowo
Gilbert
Ashley Walters poster
Ashley Walters
Michael
Benedict Cumberbatch poster
Benedict Cumberbatch
Bernard
Naomie Harris poster
Naomie Harris
Hortense
Ruth Wilson poster
Ruth Wilson
Queenie
Shaun Parkes poster
Shaun Parkes
Winston
Hugh Quarshie poster
Hugh Quarshie
Narrator
Roger Sloman poster
Roger Sloman
Mr. Todd

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