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A Touch of the Tar Brush
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A Touch of the Tar Brush

Nov 12, 1991
0h 40m
★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Black Audio Film Collective

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Cast

John Akomfrah

Himself

John Akomfrah