Rent Small Island (2009)

With her life in a suitcase, Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 to live with her new husband Gilbert. Dismayed to find a London that is far from the city of her dreams. Hortense is not alone in her disappointment: her white land lady Queenie reflects on her unhappy marriage while her husband Gilbert finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. Through shared adversity bonds are formed resulting in a sacrifice that will bind both women together forever.