Flight: Part 1

A music-fuelled reimagining of Walter White’s seminal novel about the Black American experience in the opening decades of the 20th century.

Mimi has lived a happy and comfortable middle class life within the Creole community of New Orleans.

Her sense of identity is enriched and deepened when she migrates to Atlanta and falls in love. But when she finds herself in the midst of the Atlanta Race Massacre, she makes a decision that will change the course of the rest of her life…

Adapted and directed by Adura Onashile as part of the Story of America collection.

Story of America is a major collection of dramatisations of milestone American titles marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of the United States.

Mimi … Harmony Rose-Bremner
Jean…Jason Barnett
Mary…Mercy Ojelade
Mrs Plummer…Natasha Cottriall
Mrs King…Michelle Chantelle Hopewell
Carl…Reuben Joseph
Priest…Simon Donaldson
Conductor…Michael Guest

‘Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen’
Vocalist: James Emmanuel
Piano: Geoff Angus

‘Hear Me Talkin To You’
Vocalist: Kimberley Mandindo
Trumpet: Charles Dearness
Double Bass: Ashwari Panesar
Piano: Isodore Smart Sammy
Guitar: Nathan Somevi

BBC Audio Scotland Production

Music Technical Producer: Fraser Jackson

Studio Production: Gav Murchie
Sound Editor: Joanne Willott

Production Co-ordinator: Bethany Woodhead
Producer: Kirsty Williams

Adapted and directed by Adura Onashile