White Girl is a 2008, BAFTA

British Academy Television Awards

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 Award-winning BBC

BBC

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 film produced by Abi Morgan

Abi Morgan

Abi Morgan is a British playwright and screenwriter known for her works for television, such as Sex Traffic and The Hour, and the film Brick Lane...

, made as part of the BBC's White Season and portrays a white

White people

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 family who move from an area of Leeds

Leeds

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 that has predominantly White British

White British

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 inhabitants to an area of Bradford

Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

 composed of inhabitants of South Asian heritage.

The film is told from the perspective of 11-year-old Leah, (Holly Kenny), whose life is altered when her mother, Debbie (Anna Maxwell Martin) moves the family from a white suburb of Leeds to an Asian area of neighbouring Bradford after her recent abusive relationship break-up. At first, Catholic Leah is reluctant to partake in the activities of the Muslim majority and walks out of an Islamic assembly at school, however over time she becomes more open to Islam, begins wearing a hijab and attending a Mosque, much to her mother's displeasure.[2]

Cast
Anna Maxwell Martin- Debbie
Holly Kenny- Leah
Daniel Mays- Stevie
Melanie Hill- Sonya
Jay Simpson- Adam
Jade Islam- Yasmin