''Jemima & Johnny'' (1966) is a British/South African

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set in London. It is the first film by

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Lionel Ngakane Lionel Ngakane (17 July 1928 – 26 November 2003) was a South African filmmaker and actor, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom from the 1950s until 1994, when he returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid. His 1965 film ''Jemima a ...

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IMDb. Retrieved January 2015. Just 29 minutes long, the film takes place in Notting Hill, in an environment still affected by the

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. The story concerns two very young children, one, Johnny, the son of a white supremacist, the other, Jemima, the daughter of black Caribbean immigrants, who explore London on their own together, and how their innocent relationship affects the lives of those around them.

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