The Stuart Hall Project

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The Stuart Hall Project

2013

1h 35m

Documentary

Biography

History

Drama

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A bright Rhodes scholar from colonial Jamaica becomes Stuart Hall, a public intellectual.

Ashley Clark

Sight & Sound

Simultaneously elegiac and light, dense and accessible, The Stuart Hall Project is a singular work with a built-in replay value, and possessed of its own distinct sensibility.

Jul 31, 2018

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David Gritten

Daily Telegraph (UK)

It's a rare and welcome film that devotes itself to the life of a British public intellectual, especially a man as intriguing as Hall.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 6, 2013

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

An absorbing account.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 5, 2013

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B. Ruby Rich

Film Quarterly

In the end, audiences not well versed in the intricacies of Hall's career, and even some who are, will be lost - but then found through the remarkable scenes and sounds of a lifetime of Hall speeches, television interviews, and thoughts.

Feb 28, 2020

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Joseph Walsh

CineVue

The Stuart Hall Project is a brave piece of filmmaking.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 23, 2018

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Katherine McLaughlin

ViewLondon

A passionate, creative and vibrant tribute to cultural theorist Stuart Hall that should inspire further discussion and reflection on the world we live in.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 5, 2013

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A movie about my main OU lecturer, I was always going to be biased! But this is an excellent documentary to chart the radical post-war Left in Britain and the integration of the Windrush generation.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

A marvellous tribute to an under-celebrated British intellectual... are there still any of those left? Brilliant.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Poetic and soundtracked by music from Miles Davis completely befitting of the mood. Mostly made of soundbites and snippets of footage and it is a gradual build up of the whole picture. Little patience will be rewarded.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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John Akomfrah

Director

Stuart Hall

Actor

Paul Gerhardt

Executive Producer

Lina Gopaul

Producer

David Lason

Producer

Dewald Aukema

Cinematographer

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Synopsis

A bright Rhodes scholar from colonial Jamaica becomes Stuart Hall, a public intellectual.

Director: John Akomfrah
Producer: Lina Gopaul, David Lason
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 35m