Handsworth SongsMovie
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.
About Handsworth Songs
Handsworth Songs is a 1986 documentary movie directed by John Akomfrah.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 1m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Pervaiz Khan, Meera Syal, Yvonne Weekes. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
