Peggy Su! Explained

Peggy Su! should not be confused with Peggy Sue Got Married.

Peggy Su!
Director:Frances-Anne Solomon
Producer:Poonam Sharma
Colin Rogers
Starring:Jonathan Arun
Jacqueline Chan
Daphne Cheung
Alphonsia Emmanuel
Glen Goei
Burt Kwouk
Pamela Oei
Music:Peter Spencer
Cinematography:Shelley Hirst
Editing:Greg Miller
Distributor:BBC Worldwide
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

Peggy Su! is a 1998 film written by Anglo-Chinese playwright Kevin Wong, directed by Frances-Anne Solomon and starring Pamela Oei. His own experience and background being the son of Chinese immigrants working in the laundry business was used.[1] It was directed by Trinidadian Frances-Anne Solomon who had previously worked on What My Mother Told Me in 1994 and Bideshi in 1996.[2] [3] [4]

About the film

This romantic comedy set in Liverpool in 1962. It is about the Chinese community there and 19-year-old Peggy who lives above a family laundry business with her brother and his wife. it centers on Peggy (Pamela Oei) her attempts to find a husband and also her coping with the changing times in the early 1960s.[5] [6]

The film has the distinction of being the first feature film to receive National Lottery funding. It was joint funded with the BBC.[7] [8] It was distributed by BBC Worldwide.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. World Film Locations: Liverpool By Jez Conolly, Caroline Whelan Page 86 Peggy Su! (1997) Location > Liverpool Town Hall, High Street, Chamber
  2. Frame by Frame Three By Audrey T. McCluskey Page 1005 Index of International (non-US) Black Directors
  3. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Thursday, May 22, 2008 Film Company hosts workshop
  4. Turner Classic Movies Freances-Anne Solomon Filmography
  5. BFI screenonline Peggy Su! (1998)
  6. Caribbean Beat Issue 36 Frances Anne Solomon: Beating the System by Bruce Paddington
  7. BFI screenonline Peggy Su! (1998)
  8. Caribbean Beat Issue 36 Frances Anne Solomon: Beating the System by Bruce Paddington
  9. New York Times Peggy Su! Production Credits
  10. Famous March 2001 Volume 2 No 3 Page 10 Get Reel
  11. Cineplex http://mediafiles.cineplex.com/FamousMagazineArchive/MAR2001/Mar2001_lo.pdf
  12. Bidding for the Mainstream?: Black and Asian British Film Since the 1990s By Barbara Korte, Claudia Sternberg Page 2, Introduction
  13. Imdb Peggy Su! (1997) Awards Royal Television Society, UK 1998
  14. http://www.francesannesolomon.net francesannesolomon.net
  15. The Independent Sunday 23 August 1998 Television drama: In the end, Peggy Su gets married
  16. Positif, Issues 447-450 Positif, Issues 447-450