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Handsworth Songs

Handsworth Songs

1986 61min EN

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.

director: John Akomfrah

cast: Pervaiz Khan, Meera Syal, Yvonne Weekes

external: IMDb

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Pervaiz Khan

Pervaiz Khan

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Meera Syal

Meera Syal

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Yvonne Weekes

Yvonne Weekes

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