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Handsworth Songs
Director
John Akomfrah
Producer
Lina Gopau
Cinematographer
Sebastian Shah
Editor
Anna Liebschner
Sound
Trevor Mathison
1987
United Kingdom
1 min
Black & White
Documentary examining the 1985 riots in London and Birmingham's Handsworth district that erupted in reaction to the repressive policing of black communities.
Director
Ghana born John Akomfrah is known for his experimental documentaries and video installations on the subjects of race, migration, and slavery in the encounters between European colonisers and African subjects.In the 1980s working in London, he helped found the Black Audio Film Collective and later set up the Smoking Dogs production company.
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