

The Arbor
A Documentary Re-Invented
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".
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $21.3K
- Language
- English
- prison
- autobiography
- interracial relationship
- domestic abuse
- playwright
- drugs
- woman director
- mixed race child
- bradford
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United StatesUS
- PremiereTribeca Film Festival 25 Apr 2010
- Theatrical27 Apr 2011
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1522 Oct 2010
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival3 Jul 2010
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The Arbor was released on 22 October 2010.
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CinemaSerf
1/16/2026
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 portraying her children…
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