CLASH

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***Available to view on BFI-Player*** - CLICK HERE TO VIEW FOR FREE

Short Experimental Documentary: CLASH.
Writer/Director: Amrou Al-Kadhi
Commissioned by BBC & BFI, with Wingspan Productions.
Producer: Savannah James-Bayly
Broadcaster: BBC4, and will be available with PBS in the US. 
For any enquiries/screening requests, please contact the film's producer Savannah James-Bayly[email protected].

Commissioned by the BBC & BFI, 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.

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.