‘Tiger Brides’ documentary screening
You are invited to a ground-breaking documentary called Tiger Brides. Between 1942 and 1952 about one million War Brides emigrated from 50 different countries to the United States “for the love of an American soldier’”. While the marriages between White GIs and foreign women are richly documented, few know about the wives of Black GIs. These homesick Black servicemen would seek the attention of British women for companionship and marriage. Of the one million War Brides that came to the U.S.: 300-400,000 were European; 40-70,000 were British; and an estimated 75-100 were multi-ethnic Welsh War Brides from Cardiff, Wales. “Tiger Brides” documents the voices of six (6) multi-ethnic British GI Brides from Tiger Bay (a multicultural community in Cardiff). To omit the vivid stories of these women would deny legitimate perspective from these eye-witnesses to World War II and the GI Bride experience.

