The Long Goodbye (2020)
A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.
- Aneil Karia
- Hayley Williams
- Aneil Karia
- Riz Ahmed
Rating: 6.729/10 by 59 users
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Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
اردو
English
Runtime: 00 hour 12 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: killing, racism, execution, united kingdom, islamophobia, family gathering, short film
A family and their friends are messing around at home when they are set upon by a gang of shotgun toting white racist thugs who have violently descended on their street. What ensues is truly abhorrent and would appear to happen with a degree of police complicity before quite a clever and intensely delivered piece of poetry from actor Riz Ahmed questioning who is who in the UK in 2020, and what is important in our double-standards ridden nation. The photography really effectively takes us to the heart of this scenario, almost as if we were there too, witnessing the atrocity. I do not believe this is a realistic reflection of something that could actually happen in Britain, nor do I believe that there are police officers who would permit this kind of brutal kerbside execution, but sometimes cinema needs extremes to provoke debate and responses - this is certainly food for thought.
