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The Passion of Remembrance

The Passion of Remembrance

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Summary

A key film of the Black Film Workshop movement - this London-set visual mosaic captures the richness and complexity of 1980s Black British life.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

A mixture of dialogue, documentary and drama, this is a probing and provocative exploration of the Black British experience, made for the Sankofa Film and Video Collective by radical film-makers Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien. In an arid wilderness, a pugnacious exchange between a man and a woman (Joseph Charles and Anni Domingo) circles around the role of women in the struggle for racial equality. This theme is echoed in an accompanying drama centred on Londoner Maggie Baptiste (Antonia Thomas), whose family is divided along generational and gender lines when it comes to injustice and the denial of social empowerment. A discussion on issues of bigotry exposes the misogyny and homophobia among those involved, reinforcing the ideological concerns raised in Domingo's opening address. It may not be an easy watch, but Blackwood and Julien's dispatch from the past maintains its potency and relevance.

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Cast

rolenameMaggie Baptiste (Maggie's Drama)Antonia Thomas (1)Benjy Baptiste (Maggie's Drama)Ram John HolderMichael (Maggie's Drama)Gary McDonaldMale speaker (Speakers Drama)Joseph CharlesFemale speaker (Speakers Drama)Anni Domingo

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Crew

rolenameDirectorMaureen BlackwoodDirectorIsaac Julien

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Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, discriminatory language

Formats

Colour

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