Filmmaker Marc Isaacs examines with charm and humour modern attitudes towards race in Barking, a white working class town to the East of London. Through the lives of five key characters from different ethnic backgrounds, Isaacs, a prominent but unseen presence, questions prejudices, and pries at preconceptions with remarkable results.
Production Bungalow Town Productions
AUDIO: English
SUBTITLE: Romanian
09
April,
Wednesday
Cinema Elvire Popesco - Institutul Francez
8:00 PM
73'
Followed by Q&A with the director
Marc Isaacs
Marc Isaacs
Since 2001, Marc Isaacs has directed more than 10 creative documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4. His films have won Grierson, Royal Television Society and BAFTA awards, as well as numerous prizes at international festivals. In 2006, he had a retrospective at the États généraux du film documentaire de Lussas and his work has been included in numerous documentary books and acadeic studies.
In 2008, Marc Isaacs received an honorary doctorate from the University of East London for his documentary work. He is a visiting professor at the London Film School, the National Film and Television School and the Royal Holloway University.
FILMOGRAPHY
- The Road a story of life and death (2012)
- Outside the court (2010)
- Men of the city (2009)
- All white in Barking (2007)
- Philip et ses sept femmes (2005)
- Un jour, mon prince viendra (2005)
- Calais : the last border (2003)
- Travellers (2002)
- Lift (2001)
- The Filmmaker's house (2020)
awards and festivals
2007 – International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2007 – Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival 2008 – Amnesty International Award for Best Film