Handsworth Songs
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Known For John Akomfrah
Cast & Crew
Directing
John Akomfrah
Director
Editing
Brand Thumim
Supervising Film Editor
Anna Liebschner
Editor
Avril Johnson
Assistant Editor
Rosalind Haber
Assistant Editor
Hugh Williams
Editor
Crew
Sebastian Shah
Cinematography
Trevor Mathison
Sound Recordist
Black Audio Film Collective
Script
Sound
Trevor Mathison
Music
Production
Lina Gopaul
Production Manager
Fun Facts of Movie
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.
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