Carmen Munroe

Movies

Ear for Eye
US Elder Woman
From front rooms, Black families, friends, students and older generations navigate British and American society today.
The Final Passage
Mother
In 1958, a Caribbean couple make the journey to a new life by moving to England.
Great Moments in Aviation
Vesuvia
The film follows Gabriel Angel (Rakie Ayola), a young Caribbean aviator who falls in love with the forger Duncan Stewart (Jonathan Pryce) on her journey to England. Stewart is pursued by his nemesis Rex Goodyear (John Hurt), and the group are supported by Dr Angela Bead (Vanessa Redgrave) and Miss Gwendolyn Quim (Dorothy Tutin), retired missionaries who become lovers during the voyage.
Black and White in Colour
Herself
A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992. Interviewees include: Pearl Connor, Thomas Baptiste, Lenny Henry, Norman Beaton, Horace Ové, Carmen Munroe, and Stuart Hall.
The Hope and the Glory
Muriel
Sam (Walker) is a quiet London Transport worker who prefers studying law in the evenings to socialising, until he meets Joe (Denham), a lonely elderly neighbour. But their growing friendship is tested when Joe takes Sam along to his local club.
The Chain
Des's Mum
Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
A Hole in Babylon
Mrs Monroe
Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the robbery becomes a siege, the men find themselves in a situation out of their control.
Black Christmas
Gertrude
A bittersweet drama on a familiar theme - the frictions forced to the surface during a Christmas family get-together - Michael Abbensetts' Black Christmas is an understated and affecting study of relationships, unexpressed pain and a tormented nostalgia for a distant home.
Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World
Fariah
On Earth in 2018, the Doctor and his companions are enmeshed in a deadly web of intrigue thanks to his uncanny resemblance to the scientist/politician Salamander. He is hailed as the "shopkeeper of the world" for his efforts to relieve global famine, but why do his rivals keep disappearing? How can he predict so many natural disasters? The Doctor must expose Salamander's schemes before he takes over the world.
Fable
In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.