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Watch Handsworth Songs (1986) Online

  • 5.7/10
  • RUNTIME: 1h 1m
  • COUNTRIES: United Kingdom
  • Subtitles: English

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. Read More

Watch Handsworth Songs online. Featuring Pervaiz Khan and Meera Syal, Handsworth Songs is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 5.7. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in United Kingdom and was released on 1986. Handsworth Songs was directed by John Akomfrah,Sebastian Shah. Read Less