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Flight of the Swan
1992 | 11m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | Ngozi Onwurah |
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| Writer: | Ngozi Onwurah |
| Staring: |
| A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 09, 1992 |
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| Director: | Ngozi Onwurah |
| Writer: | Ngozi Onwurah |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | identity, dance, transformation, bullying, alienation, prejudice, ballet, racism, racial prejudice, culture, ballet school, self expression, nigerian cinema, woman director, belonging, movement, nigerian girl |
| Production Companies | Channel 4 Television |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 18, 2026 Entered: May 11, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Hilja Lindsay Parkinson | Obe Kanayo |
| Wumni Olaiya | African Spirit |
| Charlotte Moore | Mrs. Mortimer |
| Laura Penta | Sarah |
| Rowena Meddeman | Bully |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Alex King | Makeup Artist |
| Simone Horrocks | Camera Operator |
| Ngozi Onwurah | Writer, Director |
| Joel Phiri | Assistant Director |
| Valentine Nonyela | Casting |
| Sarah Carr | Location Manager |
| Henry Tomlinson | Assistant Director |
| Mzee Coffey | Assistant Director |
| Susan Jones | Production Coordinator |
| Chinyere Ukairo | Production Assistant |
| Malcolm Beale | Grip |
| Sam Osborne | Focus Puller |
| Richard Flynn | Sound Recordist |
| Mark Pearson | Assistant Editor |
| Faye Sarah Hammond | Makeup Designer |
| Caroline Houghton | Costume Assistant |
| Christine Ewing | Art Direction |
| Donovan Pascal | Costume Designer |
| Michael Kelk | Production Manager |
| Felix Joseph | Music |
| Tricia Stephenson | Production Designer |
| Pamela Maragh | Choreographer |
| Liz Webber | Editor |
| Alwin H. Küchler | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Simon Onwurah | Producer |
| Nadine Marsh-Edwards | Executive Producer |
| Kanayo Onwurah | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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