Handsworth Songs
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.
About Handsworth Songs (1986)
Released in 1986, Handsworth Songs is a documentary film from Black Audio Film Collective (United Kingdom). It was directed by John Akomfrah. The cast is led by Pervaiz Khan, Meera Syal and Yvonne Weekes. With a runtime of 1h 1m, the film averages 5.9/10 across 11 TMDB ratings.
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