Movie
A Touch of the Tar Brush
1991 · 40 min
A thoughtful, essayistic documentary that quietly challenges who gets to count as English.
- Directed by
- John Akomfrah
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- John Akomfrah
- Overview
- Black filmmaker John Akomfrah believes that, for too long, being English has meant being white. In an attempt to show Englishness from the point of view of mixed-race English people, he visits Liverpool, one of England's oldest multicultural communities.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, race, immigration, class
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
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- Directed by
- John Akomfrah
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- John Akomfrah
