A Touch of the Tar Brush (1991)
• November 12th, 1991 • 0h 40min
Documentary
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.
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