Documentary about Ghanaian housing activist Dora Boatemah and the Angell Town community in Brixton, London fighting for better housing conditions. Central to her work was the right of tenants to vote on the future of their own estates. Dora died in 2001 at the age of 43.
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Mugabo
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When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Black Man
An alphabet of violence and freedom featuring rhythmic images provides a strong vocabulary for critiquing representations of black bodies.
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 13'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
