The Arbor
A Documentary Re-Invented
Overview
The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".
- Revenue
- $21,268
- Production
- Artangel Media, UK Film Council
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Cast
Christine Bottomley
Lisa Thompson
Manjinder Virk
Lorraine Dunbar
Natalie Gavin
The Girl
George Costigan
Jimmy 'The Wig'
Monica Dolan
Ann Hamilton
Neil Dudgeon
Steve Saul
Jimi Mistry
Yousaf
Robert Emms
Young David
Kate Rutter
The Mother
Danny Webb
Max Stafford-Clark / The Father
Matthew McNulty
Andrew Dunbar
Kathryn Pogson
Pamela Dunbar
Jonathan Jaynes
David Dunbar
Kulvinder Ghir
Rafee
Moey Hassan
Bus Conductor
Josh Brown
Policeman
Andrea Dunbar
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- Clio Barnard
- Producers
- Michael Morris,Tracy O'Riordan
- Cinematography
- Ole Bratt Birkeland
- Composer
- Harry Escott,Molly Nyman
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CinemaSerf
January 16, 2026
Using a combination on documentary style film making and some more theatrical re-enactments, this takes a candid approach to it’s telling of the story of troubled playwright Andrea Dunbar - probably most famous for her “Rita, Sue and Bob Too”. The arbor in question is a street on the 1950s Buttershaw housing estate in the Yorkshire city of Bradford, and it’s primarily through the eyes of those portraying her children that we get a glimpse of the booze and drug-fuelled lives of many who lived in …