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.
Crew
John Akomfrah
Director, Additional Photography
Brand Thumim
Supervising Film Editor
Anna Liebschner
Editor
Hugh Williams
Editor
Avril Johnson
Assistant Editor
Rosalind Haber
Assistant Editor
Sebastian Shah
Cinematography
Lina Gopaul
Producer, Production Manager
Trevor Mathison
Sound Recordist, Music
Roy Cornwall
Additional Photography
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