Peggy Su! is a 1998 film written by Anglo-Chinese playwright Kevin Wong, directed by Frances-Anne Solomon and starring Pamela Oei. His own experience and background being the son of Chinese immigrants working in the laundry business was used.<ref>World Film Locations: Liverpool By Jez Conolly, Caroline Whelan [https://books.google.com/books?id=qscwsriVMpoC&dq=%22Peggy+Su%21%22&pg=PA86 Page 86 Peggy Su! (1997) Location > Liverpool Town Hall, High Street, Chamber]</ref> It was directed by Trinidadian Frances-Anne Solomon who had previously worked on What My Mother Told Me in 1994 and Bideshi in 1996.Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Thursday, May 22, 2008 Film Company hosts workshop
About the film
This romantic comedy set in Liverpool in 1962. It is about the Chinese community there and 19-year-old Peggy who lives above a family laundry business with her brother and his wife. it centers on Peggy (Pamela Oei) her attempts to find a husband and also her coping with the changing times in the early 1960s.Caribbean Beat Issue 36 Frances Anne Solomon: Beating the System by Bruce Paddington
The film has the distinction of being the first feature film to receive National Lottery funding. It was joint funded with the BBC.Caribbean Beat Issue 36 Frances Anne Solomon: Beating the System by Bruce Paddington It was distributed by BBC Worldwide.
Film festival and award
Festival
Reel Word Film Festival Canada (2001) Cineplex http://mediafiles.cineplex.com/FamousMagazineArchive/MAR2001/Mar2001_lo.pdf Overseas Chinese Fim Festival Glasgow (2002)
Award
RTS Television Award & BAFTA winner for best Costume Design by Joey Attawia.francesannesolomon.net Press Kit, Page 2, Short synopsis http://francesannesolomon.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/PEGGY-SU-PRESS-KIT-2-reduced.pdf
Review
The Independent Sunday 23 August 1998
Positif'' n° 448, Page 41 & 60, 1998
Cast
Jonathan Arun as Brian
Jacqui Chan as Ifec Mah
Daphne Cheung as Jackie
Alphonsia Emmanuel as Miss James
Glen Goei as David
Burt Kwouk as Dad
Pamela Oei as Peggy
Charles T.H. Ong as David's father
Adrian Pang as Gilbert
Vincenzo Pellegrino as Terry
Stuart Richma as Vicar
Sukie Smith as Rita
Daniel York as Jack
Barbara Yu Ling as David's mother
Crew (selective) Screenplay ... Kevin Wong Executive producer ... George Faber Associate producer ... Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo Director of photography ... Shelley Hirst Casting ... Carl Proctor Production design ... Choi Ho Man Costume design ... Joey Attawia Makeup artist ... Natasha Chambers Makeup designer ... Sharon Martin First assistant director ... Julian Holmes Second assistant director ... Pauline Oni Third assistant director ... Mzee Coffey, Lab Ky Mo
Company credits
Production
Production Companies ... Arts Council of England, BBC Films, The Mersyside Film Production Fund