Twilight City

Name: Twilight City
Director: Reece Auguiste
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: 1989-09-15
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Amanda Symonds, Homi Bhaba, Andy Coupland, Paul Gilroy, Savriti Hensman

1989 · 52 min · ★ 8.5 · Drama, Documentary

A fictional letter from a daughter, Olivia, to her mother in Dominica is the narrative thread connecting interviews from (predominantly) black and Asian cultural critics, historians and journalists. The choice of occupation for the daughter, a researcher, perhaps strains the narrative conceit too far. Nevertheless, for an avowedly political documentary the result is absorbing.

Directed by Reece Auguiste

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