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THE STUART HALL PROJECT

JOHN AKOMFRAH

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 

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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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