Handsworth Songs
May 8, 1986
61 min
✓ Released 14717 days ago
Documentary
5.9
User Score
11 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: John Akomfrah
Runtime: 61 min
Top Cast
Pervaiz Khan
Voice Over
Meera Syal
Voice Over
Yvonne Weekes
Voice Over
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