CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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Handsworth Songs posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1986 1h 1m GBR

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Its rich montage of archive, music and Stuart Hall’s voice continues the diasporic memory and essay-film sensibility that makes Handsworth Songs so resonant.

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CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

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