Documentary

Handsworth Songs

Name: Handsworth Songs
Director: John Akomfrah
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1986-05-08
Duration: 61 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Pervaiz Khan, Meera Syal, Yvonne Weekes

May 8, 1986

1h 1m

5.9via TMDB

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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.