Handsworth Songs (1986)
5.5
/10 By 10 Votes
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.
Release Date : May 8, 1986
Runtime : 61m
Genre : Documentary
Companies : Black Audio Film Collective
Countries : United Kingdom
Keywords : immigration, race riot, racism, united kingdom, birmingham
