Handsworth Songs
Handsworth Songs

Handsworth Songs

May 08, 1986 | 61 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Pervaiz Khan

Naomi Scott

Meera Syal

Naomi Scott

Yvonne Weekes

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