CinemaOSMovie · 1983 · 0h 35m

Who Killed Colin Roach?

Documentary

Who Killed Colin Roach? is Isaac Julien's first film, which reflects upon the death of Colin Roach, a 23 year old who was shot at the entrance of a police station in East London, in 1982. Even though the police claimed Roach had commited suicide, evidence showed otherwise. Isaac Julien says that this work is essentially a response to the riots, an answer to certain fixed ways of looking at black cultures, but also at those ways we might feel about ourselves.

Directed byIsaac Julien

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 35m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 1983
Studios
Sankofa Film & Video

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring
Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah

Creative team
Directed by
Isaac Julien
Isaac Julien

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