Handsworth Songs

05/08/1986

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1hr 1min

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Documentary

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Pervaiz Khan
  • Meera Syal
  • Yvonne Weekes

    Directors

  • John Akomfrah
  • Sebastian Shah

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Black Audio Film Collective

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English