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.
Amrou Al-Kadhi
Director, Writer
Tim McInnerny
Narrator
Umber Ghauri
Nadine Davis
Tia Simon-Campbell
Basi Akpabio
Temi Wilkey
Travis Alabanza
Ijeoma Uzoukwu
A Plastic Ocean75%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Class of ‘9271%
35 Up76%
Public Speaking70%
McQueen74%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Sherman's March67%
Maternal Instinct72%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Fuck64%
The Velvet Underground67%
180° South72%
Sidney70%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Don't F*#% With John Wick76%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Being James Bond77%
Night Will Fall76%
