CLASH (2017)

 

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Commissioned by BBC4 and BFI and directed by regular Amrou Al-Kadhi. This film premiered on the big screen at BFI before screening on BBC4 in September 2017 as part of the channel's Listen to Britain programme, with approximately 125k live viewers.

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CLASH is a short experimental documentary critiquing Britain's obsession with period dramas, and how they erase the diverse reality of Britain today. This film - part parody, part candid interview - is a response to Humphrey Jennings' 1942 'LISTEN TO BRITAIN', a documentary used to propel a myth of national unity.

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CLASH, through the perspectives of underrepresented queer people of colour, critiques the myths we still tell ourselves on screen. Through candid interviews and staged period-drama sequences with our subjects - involving a hobby horse race in East London - our film explores the issues surrounding nostalgic heritage cinema, and how it erases the diverse landscape of Britain today.

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