- Title: Letter to Poland
- Date: 11th December 1983
- Summary: POLISH COMMUNITIES IN ENGLAND, SPECIFICALLY LONDON, NW, MIDLANDS GLASGOW- POSSIBLY PARIS THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME MATERIAL ON COMMUNITIES IN PARIS. THE ASPIRATIONS AND CHARACTER OF THE POLISH EMIGRES IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
- Description:THE FILM COVERS THE ASPIRATION OF POLES, ESPECIALLY ABROAD, TO ONE DAY REGAIN AN INDEPENDENT POLAND; DESPITE ALL THE TRAGEDIES AND BETRAYALS OF THE PAST. THE HOPE THAT SOLIDARITY BROUGHT TO POLAND WAS SHORTLIVED AND MARTIAL LAW IN DECEMBER 1981 HAS CREATED NEW WAVES OF POLISH EXILES. THE 'LETTER TO POLAND' SHOWS THE POSITION OF AN EXILE AND THE LONELINESS OF SEPARATION FROM HOME AND FAMILY. ***** RICHARD HOWSON STUDIED MANY YEARS AGO IN POLAND AND HAS ALWAYS SEEN THE ISSUE OF 'POLISH INDEPENDENCE' FUNDAMENTALLY AS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE; AS INDEED 'SOLIDARITY' ITSELF. THE FILM WAS MADE BY AN ANGLO-POLISH FILM UNIT. MORE INFO. AVAILABLE IF REQUIRED.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:EARP + PARTNERS
- Programme Episode:1
- Transmission Date:11/12/1983
- Decade: 1980s