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Handsworth Songs
5.9(11)19861h 1m
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.
- Director
- John Akomfrah
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Cast
Crew
Directing
- John AkomfrahDirector
Production
- Lina GopaulProducer
- Lina GopaulProduction Manager
Camera
- John AkomfrahAdditional Photography
- Roy CornwallAdditional Photography
Editing
- Anna LiebschnerEditor
- Hugh WilliamsEditor
- Avril JohnsonAssistant Editor
- Rosalind HaberAssistant Editor
- Brand ThumimSupervising Film Editor
Sound
- Trevor MathisonMusic
Crew
- Sebastian ShahCinematography
- Trevor MathisonSound Recordist