Late at Night: Voices of Ordinary Madness
‘You have no choice about being here, you’ll have no choice about when you leave’ proclaims a woman in Xiaolu Guo’s latest film, a documentary about the personal and physical journeys of the people of London’s East End. Herself an immigrant to the area, Guo’s sensitive character studies hint at an affinity with the push and pull of feelings of alienation, a theme she has previously explored as a filmmaker (She a Chinese, LFF 2009) and novelist (A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers). This empathy is also apparent in her playful stylistic approach that layers Warhol-esque news reports, archival material and a soundtrack including Linton Kwesi Johnson and Fela Kuti, to comment on the human cost of capitalism. The resulting film is both a penetrating portrait of a frenetic place that feels deeply authentic, and a powerful piece of protest film.
similar movies
Check It
2016
genre:Documentary
Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur Ray
2016
genre:Documentary
Tempest Storm
2016
genre:Documentary
The Ties That Bind
1984
genre:Documentary
Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê
2010
genre:Documentary
Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia
2013
genre:Documentary
The Never Ending Factory of the Duomo
2015
genre:Documentary
Farmingville
2004
genre:Documentary
Twelve Ways to Sunday
2010
genre:Documentary
Living in Fear
genre:Documentary
1999
2017
genre:Documentary
Okänd, kvinna 2009-349701
2009
genre:Drama
Documentary
The Illusion
2009
genre:Documentary
Janie's Janie (Newsreel)
1971
genre:Documentary
Roxanne Lowit Magic Moments
2016
genre:Documentary
Crossroads
2014
genre:Documentary
Saving Face
2012
genre:Crime
Documentary
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
2011
genre:Documentary
History
Parallel Lines
2004
genre:Documentary
Juvenile Liaison
1976
genre:Documentary