The Arbor

2010 Tribecca Best New Documentary Filmmaker, Clio Barnard. THE ARBOR traces the tormented life and legacy of British playwright Andrea Dunbar. While renown for her three plays -- The Arbor; Rita, Sue and Bob Too; and Shirley -- Dunbar’s life was plagued by chronic abuse and alcoholism. She died, tragically at the age of twenty-nine, leaving behind a brief, but illustrious career and three children from three different men. The documentary follows her eldest daughter Lorraine, as she comes to terms with h