Samuel Selvon

Trinidad, 1949. ' Mass suicide!' shout the Indian residents who want free passage home now that India has its independence. But to a young girl like Kayshee, Trinidad is home - and she must fight her ebullient father in his crazy campaign.

A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.

Filmed in 1974, Sam Selvon reads from his 1956 novel about post-war West Indian migrant experience, The Lonely Londoners.

Trinidad, 1949. ' Mass suicide!' shout the Indian residents who want free passage home now that India has its independence. But to a young girl like Kayshee, Trinidad is home - and she must fight her ebullient father in his crazy campaign.

A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.