Handsworth Songs (1986)

ALL 05/08/1986 (en) Documentary 61 Min
  • Release
    05/08/1986
  • Production
    Black Audio Film Collective
  • Rotten tomato
    55%
  • Original title
    Handsworth Songs
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. John Akomfrah

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Lina Gopaul

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Pervaiz Khan

    Voice Over

  2. Meera Syal

    Voice Over

  3. Yvonne Weekes

    Voice Over

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 3 , Crews : 13

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Handsworth Songs (1986) 61 Min

ALL 05/08/1986 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 05/08/1986
  • Production
    Black Audio Film Collective
  • Original title Handsworth Songs
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. John Akomfrah

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Anna Liebschner, Hugh Williams

    Editor

  4. Lina Gopaul

    Producer