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Handsworth Songs (1986)

May 08, 1986 Documentary 1h 1m
User Score
55%
10 votes
Internet Movie Database
70%
Rotten Tomatoes
100%

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.

John Akomfrah
Director
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