Here it is, our finished film about what it means to be British. Initially our intention was to find out about British national identity and what ideas people identified with the term ‘British’. During the course of making this film I encountered a huge amount of tension between nationalists and immigrants and many misinterpretations about what it means to be British and who can and cant have the right to live in this country. The film that we made has addressed these issues and I feel in some way points towards a new acceptance by the British of other cultures. It suggests that people have an understanding of geo political, ethical and racial issues and tensions far beyond what stereotyping would suggest. Negative stereotypes about the white British public and about ethnic minorities in Britain have created tensions since the 1950s. In the post imperial and post colonial times in which we live it is important to inform ourselves of not only the facts concerning tensions and conflict but also to see how individual subjects perceive these conflicts.
I feel that in the process of making the film we have addressed issues that we did not initially intend to, ones that arose as a result of research and as a reflection of the experiences we had whilst filming.