#handsworth

[gravalicious]

Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon - Self Portrait Project in Handsworth (1979)

[birminghamuk49]

Tenement housing photo is quite rare…court 1 top of Nineveh road, Handsworth date 1901.

[o-the-mts]

90 Movies in 90 Days: Handsworth Songs (1986)

Every day until March 31, 2024 I will be watching and reviewing a movie that is 90 minutes or less. Title: Handsworth Songs Release Date: October 24, 1986 Director: John Akomfrah Production Company: Black Audio Film Collective Summary/Review: This impressionistic documentary centers on the September 1985 riots in Handsworth, a district in Birmingham, England home to immigrant communities of…

[shihlun]

John Akomfrah / Black Audio Film Collective

- Handsworth Songs

1986

[roseillith]

HANDSWORTH SONGS (1986) dir. JOHN AKOMFRAH

[federer7]

Young Men on See-Saw, Handsworth Park, Birmingham, UK. 1984

Photo: Vanley Burke

[itmeansalot]

Basically I need to see everything the BAFC and John Akomfrah have ever made

[afrotumble]

Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution - 01 - Handsworth Revolution

[pianotunerwolverhampton]

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[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

The documentary Handsworth Songs 91986) was directed by John Akomfrah. John was born in Accra, Ghana, and has 40 director credits, from this, his first, to a 2024 short. This is his only entry on the TSPDT list.

[birminghamuk49]

Handsworth 1970s

[shihlun]

Jah Shaka in the Black Audio Film Collective's 1986 film "Handsworth Songs".

[roseillith]

HANDSWORTH SONGS (1986) dir. JOHN AKOMFRAH

[kilnhursttyres]

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[theunderestimator-2]

Steel Pulse photographed for their 1978 single "Ku Klux Klan" by Dennis Morris: "I have taken many controversial images; this is one of them. The record company thought it was too controversial and it was never used.. It is now in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London!"

blackhistorymonth.org.uk: "Steel Pulse was formed in 1975 in Birmingham, England, specifically the inner city area of Handsworth. The founding members were schoolmates (…) from working class West Indian immigrant families, and none had much musical experience… They initially had difficulty finding live gigs, as club owners were reluctant to give them a platform for their “subversive” Rastafarian politics. Luckily, the punk movement was opening up new avenues for music all over Britain, and also finding a spiritual kinship with protest reggae. Thus, the group wound up as an opening act for punk and new wave bands like the Clash, the Stranglers, Generation X, the Police, and XTC, and built a broad-based audience in the process. In keeping with the spirit of the times, Steel Pulse developed a theatrical stage show that leavened their social commentary with satirical humor; many of the members dressed in costumes that mocked traditional British archetypes (Riley was a vicar, McQueen a bowler-wearing aristocrat, Martin a coach footman, etc.). Steel Pulse’s first single for Island was the classic “Ku Klux Klan,” which happened to lend itself well to the band’s highly visual, costume-heavy concerts. It appeared on their 1978 debut album, Handsworth Revolution, which was soon hailed as a classic of British reggae by many fans and critics.."

allmusic.com/ : "The number is tightly wound around a dangerously thumping bass line and David Hind's searing delivery. The extended version is even more musically militant, the instruments now weapons in the engineer's hands, the rhythm even more threatening. This remains Pulse's most enduring classic."

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[joeinct]

Young Men on See-Saw, Handsworth Park, Birmingham, Photo by Vanley Burke, 1984