Movie details

Clash(2017)

Name: Clash
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-09-01
Duration: 8 min
Cast: Tim McInnerny, Umber Ghauri, Nadine Davis, Tia Simon-Campbell, Basi Akpabio

Documentary

Status: Released
Release date: 2017-09-01
Runtime: 8m
Rating: Not rated
Original language: en
Certification: -
Budget: -
Revenue: -
Popularity: 2
Adult content: No

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Overview

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.