The Arbor

  • Drama
  • Documentary
10/22/2010
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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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  • Geronimo1967

    Using a combination on documentary style film making and some more theatrical re-enactments, this takes a candid approach to its 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 its primarily through the eyes of those portraying her children that we get a glimpse of the booze and drug-fuelled lives of many who lived in this working class community. Lorraine (Manjinder Virk) and Lisa (Christine Bottomley) quite ably provide a running narrative combining some more overtly recreated episodes with some cleverly presented lip-synched deliveries from actual conversations tha...

    January 16, 2026

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