Notting Hill Carnival Documentary

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Alanna Leslie

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Description

A documentary on the historical impact of Notting HIll Carnival in London as it relates to race and race relations in the UK.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC) Caribbean (General) Jamaican (Patois)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
It's the Sunday morning of Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party, which takes place each year in West London. Many of the wealthy new residents drive off to their country houses. Others stick around and get stuck in. But beyond the blaring music and booze soaked streets, there's a kind of secret history to the carnival, a deeper story about how the times have changed in London or haven't changed at all. Long before property prices in the area boomed, the neighborhood was home to thousands of Caribbean immigrants, lord to post war Britain by the promise of jobs and a new future. But they were to find a frosty welcome in the colonial motherland Mhm.