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.
Directed byJohn Akomfrah
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- May 8, 1986
Featuring
Cast & crew
Pervaiz Khan
Voice Over
Meera Syal
Voice Over
Yvonne Weekes
Voice Over
- Directed by
- John Akomfrah
- Produced by
- Lina Gopaul
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