Robots Of Brixton

Robots Of Brixton
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2010
Format : Short
Running time : 6 (in minutes)

A film based on the iconography of Brixton - an inner city area of London linked to black migration to the city from the Caribbean and Africa - and known for the riots of the early 1980s. The movie mixes animation mixed with architectural drawings overlaid with photographs from the riots.

Director: Kibwe Tavares

UK, 2010, Short, 6mins



GENRE: KORTE FICTIE
THEME: AFRICAN DIASPORA
COUNTRY: GREAT BRITAIN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
PLAYTIME: 6 min.
SUBTITLED: NO

AWARDS: Short Filmmaking Award and Special Recognition at Sundance Film Festival, 2012

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