In Twilight City a Sunless-like device has been combined with interpretative commentary from a series of documentary characters to con­struct a vision of present-day London. The nar­rative device is an extraordinary poetic letter, which is read over present-day and archival footage, cut with a 'musical' sensibility — visu­al themes are elaborated in ways that allow audiences a 'speculative' reading, cued in vari­ous ways by the 'fiction' and non-fiction com­mentaries. This is a beautiful and intelligent treatment raising questions of empire and the city, racism and politics, identity and memory.

BAFC founder and Twilight City co-scriptwriter John Akomfrah is a Festival guest and will introduce the screening.

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