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Handsworth Songs is a 1986 British documentary film directed by John Akomfrah and produced by Lina Gopaul. It was filmed during the 1985 riots in Handsworth and London. The production company was the Black Audio Film Collective, who also wrote the screenplay.
- Trevor Mathison
- John Akomfrah
- Lina Gopaul
- Black Audio Film Collective
24. Okt. 1986 · Handsworth Songs: Directed by John Akomfrah. With Pervaiz Khan, Meera Syal, Yvonne Weekes. Documentary examining the 1985 riots in London and Birmingham's Handsworth district that erupted in reaction to the repressive policing of black communities.
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- Documentary
- John Akomfrah
- 1986
Handsworth Songs explores the idea that the riots represented less a self contained drama of rage with a single origin and trajectory than a multiplicity of issues, ambivalences , to do with race, longing and belonging – not all of which could be shored up by recourse to a rhetoric of civil disorder. The film’s sense of multiplicity extends ...
18. Juni 2020 · The dialogue is retold in the Black Audio Film Collective’s Handsworth Songs (1986), directed by the British artist John Akomfrah, which follows the unrest that burned for three days through the Birmingham neighbourhood, in a loose documentary format.
An experimental film essay on race and disorder in Britain, filmed in Handsworth and London during the riots of 1985 and incorporating newsreel and archival material. Show full synopsis. Handsworth Songs was made for the Channel 4 series Britain: The Lie of the Land.
Handsworth Songs ist ein Film von John Akomfrah. Synopsis: Im September 1985 bricht im Birminghamer Stadtteil Handsworth ein Aufstand auf. Mitglieder der schwarzen Bevölkerung wehren sich...
Seen from the perspective of 2006, Handsworth Songs remains a remarkable piece of filmmaking and an astonishingly important and relevant document of cinematography. London-based Black Audio Film Collective made the film in 1986.
