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The Arbor

A Documentary Re-Invented

7.3(49)20101h 31m2

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
—
Box office
$21.3K
Language
English
  • prison
  • autobiography
  • interracial relationship
  • domestic abuse
  • playwright
  • drugs
  • woman director
  • mixed race child
  • bradford

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Behind the camera

Director

Clio Barnard

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • 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.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    1/16/2026

    7/10

    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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