Being Blacker

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Being Blacker

2018

1h 30m

Documentary

Biography

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9 Reviews

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A portrait of the Jamaican-born reggae producer.

Euan Ferguson

Guardian

The best documentaries give a slice of other lives, lived both well and badly, which, in the right hands, can linger in your head for months. These were the best hands.

Mar 19, 2018

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Deborah Ross

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

Tender and loving and sharp and engrossing and somehow unpicked not just a life but also what it's like to be black in Britain today without ever getting in your face.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 19, 2018

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

What emerges is a sensitive portrait of a man at a difficult crossroads in his life. There's an immediate crisis involving a run-in with the law. But there are more lingering ghosts to do with migration, separation, integration and identity.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 13, 2018

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Victoria Segal

Sunday Times (UK)

Standing close with her camera, letting people talk, [Molly] Dineen catches the rhythms and textures of everyday life until people are ready to tell their stories.

Mar 19, 2018

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Christopher Stevens

Daily Mail (UK)

The documentary was tawdry and sad...It all felt very bleak.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 13, 2018

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Jasper Rees

The Arts Desk

Molly Dineen's documentary puts race identity in Brixton under the microscope.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 13, 2018

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Synopsis

A portrait of the Jamaican-born reggae producer.

Director: Molly Dineen
Producer: Molly Dineen, Claudia White
Production Co: Dartmouth Films
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: British English
Runtime: 1h 30m