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Handsworth Songs

1986 • 1h1m Documentary

Rating

5.5/10

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0

The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving archival photographs, newsreel clips, and home movie footage, the film is both an exploration of documentary aesthetics and a broad meditation social and cultural oppression through Britain’s intertwined narratives of racism and economic decline.

Details

Director

John Akomfrah

Cast

Pervaiz Khan

Meera Syal

Yvonne Weekes

Release date

5/8/1986

Status

Released

Origin country

GB

Vote count

10