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 All White In Barking & City Of Cranes
BFF Studio Cinema
9.00pm Wednesday 16 April |
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£5.50/£5.00 Book Online
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BBC season on racism, All White in Barking is presented here in a special award-winning feature length festival edition. Lifetime Barking residents Susan and Jeff have never said hello to their Nigerian neighbours, insisting that “they are not our people”. Dave is so incensed by the infl ux of non white faces to Barking he becomes a BNP activist. Meanwhile African Betty and holocaust survivor Monty form an unusually funny and affectionate relationship despite disapproving stares. Director Marc Issacs is unseen but still subverts many of the traditional observational rules of fi lmmaking, questioning prejudices and prying into preconceptions with remarkable results. The fi lm at times plays like a Mike Leigh comedy, particularly when Isaacs urges the reluctant neighbours to meet up.
Dir. Marc Isaacs - 2007 UK - 93 mins - Cert PG - Bungalow Town
Marc Isaacs will introduce the film and hold a documentary masterclass – SEE TALKING FILM SECTION
“A charming and funny examination of modern attitudes in an increasingly multiethnic Britain”
Sheffield Doc/Fest
“Incisive, surprisingly upbeat docu... crafts a communal portrait infused with compassion.”
Variety
CITY OF CRANES
City of Cranes takes the viewer on a journey high into the sky to look at the world through the eyes and words of crane drivers. A visual and uniquely poetic insight into the lives, loves and work of the drivers.
Dir. Eva Weber - 2007 UK - 14 mins - Cert PG Odd Girl Out productions
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