THE STUART HALL PROJECT
JOHN AKOMFRAH
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UK, 2013
EDITED ON FINAL CUT PRO
95mins DOCUMENTARY
SMOKING DOGS FILMS, BBC ARCHIVES, ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND, CREATION REBEL FILMS, THE OPEN UNIVERSITY, TIME/IMAGE
A sensitive and emotionally charged portrait of cultural theorist Stuart Hall (1932 - 2014).
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Dave Calhoun
Time Out
A stirring documentary tribute to the cultural theorist Stuart Hall
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Guy Lodge
Variety
It's a lot of material fluidly edited by Nse Asuquo into a sustained narrative...
Tom Dawson
Total Film
A fascinating visual tapestry of archive material
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Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
Akomfrah finds a new and quietly moving significance in Hall's own life story
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