John Akomfrah director of 'Handsworth Songs'

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Date:1985

Description:"John Akomfrah, Director of the award winning 'Handsworth Songs' , filmed during the riots, it is a powerful examination of social, historical, racial and political disorder in Britain. Akomfrah reads a copy of the Birmingham Evening Mail, looking back at this photograph and the newspaper's front cover, you are reminded of how the media reported the events." Pogus Caesar, February 2003.

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Image courtesy of: OOM Gallery /Windrush Productions

Donor ref:Birmingham City Archives (10/355)

Source: OOM Gallery /Windrush Productions

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