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Brick Lane 

August 11th 2010 

Sarah Gavron 2007/UK        
101 mins
 

Based on Monica Ali's novel, Brick Lane portrays the seclusion

of a young Bangladeshi woman on the estates of London's Brick

Lane.  Her life is intruded upon by a young lover and the post-

9/11 era, thus beginning her introduction to the world outside

her door. An enlightening tale of the breadth and depth of

ordinary lives, how they intersect with history and where they

remain hidden away.