

Handsworth Songs
5.9(11)19861h 1m3
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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- Language
- English
- immigration
- race riot
- racism
- united kingdom
- birmingham
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AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival15 Aug 2021
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto Film Festival17 Sept 1987
FranceFR
- PremiereSource: IMDB (Cannes)8 May 1986
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Handsworth Songs was released on 8 May 1986.
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