Something Said (2017) [N/A]

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Release Date:
January 1, 2017

Original Title:
Something Said

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 8

The New Cross Fire was a major tragedy in 1981 that claimed the lives of 13 young black people and was initially met with state, media and police indifference. Haunted by that history, and in the context of the recent rise of the far-right and the tragedy of Grenfell, Jay Bernard’s film Something Said, and their award winning poetry both undertake a queer exploration of black British history, starting with this particular moment in time and examining its ramifications at two scales: the larger social and political rupture that followed the fire, and the smaller, individual attempt to reconcile one's queer present and the black radical past.

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Director:
Jay Bernard

Director of Photography:
Rufai Ajala

Editor:
Claire Kurylowski

Original Music Composer:
Tabitha Benjamin

Producer:
Jacqui Davies

Sound Designer:
Tabitha Benjamin

Writer:
Jay Bernard

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