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An adventurous retelling of the extraordinary true story of June and Jennifer Gibbons, twins from the only Black family in Haverfordwest in Wales in the 1970s and ’80s, who grew up communicating only with each other. As children, June and Jennifer live an isolated existence. Subject to bullying and racist abuse, they retreat into a fantasy world of artistic inspiration and adolescent desire. A spree of vandalism sees them committed, as young women, to a notorious institution where they…
Find out more »An adventurous retelling of the extraordinary true story of June and Jennifer Gibbons, twins from the only Black family in Haverfordwest in Wales in the 1970s and ’80s, who grew up communicating only with each other. As children, June and Jennifer live an isolated existence. Subject to bullying and racist abuse, they retreat into a fantasy world of artistic inspiration and adolescent desire. A spree of vandalism sees them committed, as young women, to a notorious institution where they…
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