Handsworth Songs

Handsworth Songs (1986)

5.9 61 min Movie
Documentary

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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Cast

Pervaiz Khan Pervaiz Khan Voice Over
Meera Syal Meera Syal Voice Over
Yvonne Weekes Yvonne Weekes Voice Over

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