TY - ADVS AU - Harris,Naomie AU - Oyelowo,David AU - Wilson,Ruth AU - Cumberbatch,Benedict AU - Milne,Paula AU - Williams,Sarah AU - Anderson,Joanna AU - Licorish,Vicky AU - Marmion,Grainne AU - Alexander,John AU - Levy,Andrea ED - PBS Distribution (Firm) ED - Ruby Television (Firm) ED - AL Films (Firm) ED - British Broadcasting Corporation. ED - WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) TI - Small island SN - 9781608832330 AV - PN1997.2 .S53 2010 U1 - 791.45/72 22 PY - 2010/// CY - [United States] PB - Distributed by PBS Distribution KW - Immigrants KW - Great Britain KW - Drama KW - Jamaicans KW - Racism KW - History KW - George VI, 1936-1952 KW - London (England) KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Fiction television programs KW - Television adaptations KW - Made-for-TV movies KW - Television movies KW - gsafd N1 - Title from container; Based on the novel by Andrea Levy; Originally produced as a television movie broadcast as an episode of Masterpiece classic in 2009; Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Benedict Cumberbatch; Not rated N2 - Explores the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and the other English, whose worlds intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. It is a story of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers ER -