Handsworth Songs

61 mins
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.

Pervaiz Khan

Voice Over

Meera Syal

Voice Over

Yvonne Weekes

Voice Over

Lina Gopaul

Producer

Sebastian Shah

Cinematography

John Akomfrah

Additional Photography

Roy Cornwall

Additional Photography

Trevor Mathison

Sound Recordist

Lina Gopaul

Production Manager

Brand Thumim

Supervising Film Editor

Avril Johnson

Assistant Editor

Rosalind Haber

Assistant Editor

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