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Touch of the Tar Brush (A)

  • Touch of the Tar Brush (A)
Genre : Political
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1991
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 40 (in minutes)

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.


For Think of England, Black Audio Film Collective for BBC2, tx. 12/11/1991
40 minutes, colour

Directed by John Akomfrah
Producer Lina Gopaul
Series Producer Sam Organ
Written by John Akomfrah
Photography David Scott
Presenter: John Akomfrah; Interviewees: the Quarless family, the Birch family, John Conteh, Gary Christian


Cast


Presenter AKOMFRAH, John
interviewee QUARLESS, Ray
QUARLESS, Christine
QUARLESS, Ann
QUARLESS, George
BIRCH, Patsy
BIRCH, Colin
BIRCH, Alison
CONTEH, John
BIRCH, John
CHRISTIAN, Gary

Credits


Directed by AKOMFRAH, John
Production Company Black Audio Film Collective
For BBC Television
Producer GOPAUL, Lina
Series Producer ORGAN, Sam
Production Assistants LAWSON, David
BRIGGS, Alexandra
Production Secretaries JOHNSON, Avril
OAKA, Raymond
Researcher BANNIS, Jefferson
[Written] by AKOMFRAH, John
Photography SCOTT, David
Video Camera DUFFIELD, Mick
Graphic Designer BOND, Paul
Editors ORGAN, Sam
HARGREAVES, Robert
Assistant Editor BAUGHAN, Michelle
Sound MATHISON, Trevor
Dubbing Mixer HODGES, Peter
Presenter AKOMFRAH, John

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