‘Barrel Children’ to be screened in Jamaica

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‘Barrel Children’ to be screened in Jamaica

BRITISH JOURNALIST Nadine White’s documentary, Barrel Children: The Families Windrush Left Behind, will be screened on Friday, February 23 at 10A West King’s House Road in St Andrew at 6 p.m. This is the first screening in Jamaica. The term ‘barrel...

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