All White In Barking (0+)
UK, 2008, colour, 72 min.
Director: Marc Isaacs
Director: Marc Isaacs
“All White In Barking”
UK, 2008, DV, colour, 72 min
Director Marc Isaacs
Camera Marc Isaacs
“You are what you eat”, the saying goes, and in the London district of Barking, not everyone eats the same. Not anymore, that is. With observant eyes, some older locals look upon the large-scale influx of immigrants and their very different eating habits. An elderly couple doesn't like the cooking smells wafting in from their Nigerian neighbours, but when they are invited to come over for dinner, they quietly clean their plates. Their conclusion: “Different, but enjoyable”, and they subsequently invite the Nigerian family to a barbecue. Another Barking resident does not make any attempts to integrate with his new neighbours, opting to move to a coastal town that is not as multicultural. A Holocaust survivor has fewer qualms - he is happily pampered by his African girlfriend and doesn't give a hoot about what people say. In peaceful direct-cinema style, Marc Isaacs shows how a number of all-British residents struggle with the immigration wave. He faces the people he portrays without judgment, even when they reveal their racial fears or dispiritedly observe that the cultural gap is unbridgeable.
UK, 2008, DV, colour, 72 min
Director Marc Isaacs
Camera Marc Isaacs
“You are what you eat”, the saying goes, and in the London district of Barking, not everyone eats the same. Not anymore, that is. With observant eyes, some older locals look upon the large-scale influx of immigrants and their very different eating habits. An elderly couple doesn't like the cooking smells wafting in from their Nigerian neighbours, but when they are invited to come over for dinner, they quietly clean their plates. Their conclusion: “Different, but enjoyable”, and they subsequently invite the Nigerian family to a barbecue. Another Barking resident does not make any attempts to integrate with his new neighbours, opting to move to a coastal town that is not as multicultural. A Holocaust survivor has fewer qualms - he is happily pampered by his African girlfriend and doesn't give a hoot about what people say. In peaceful direct-cinema style, Marc Isaacs shows how a number of all-British residents struggle with the immigration wave. He faces the people he portrays without judgment, even when they reveal their racial fears or dispiritedly observe that the cultural gap is unbridgeable.
Marc Isaacs
Marc Isaacs
Since 2001 Marc Isaacs has made 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 international film festival prizes. In 2008, Marc received an honorary doctorate from the University of East London for his documentary work. Marc is a guest tutor at the London Film School, the National Film and Television School and Royal Holloway University.
FILMOGRAPHY
“Lift”, 2001; “Travellers”, “Lifters”, “Little Vilan”, “Everyday Thieves”, 2002; “Calais The Last Border”, 2003; “Someday My Prince Will Come”, 2005; “Philip and His Seven Wives”, 2006; “All White In Barking”, 2007; “The Curious World of Frinton Upon Sea”, 2008; “Men of the City”, 2009.
UK, 2008, colour, 72 min.
Director: Marc Isaacs
Director: Marc Isaacs
“All White In Barking”
UK, 2008, DV, colour, 72 min
Director Marc Isaacs
Camera Marc Isaacs
“You are what you eat”, the saying goes, and in the London district of Barking, not everyone eats the same. Not anymore, that is. With observant eyes, some older locals look upon the large-scale influx of immigrants and their very different eating habits. An elderly couple doesn't like the cooking smells wafting in from their Nigerian neighbours, but when they are invited to come over for dinner, they quietly clean their plates. Their conclusion: “Different, but enjoyable”, and they subsequently invite the Nigerian family to a barbecue. Another Barking resident does not make any attempts to integrate with his new neighbours, opting to move to a coastal town that is not as multicultural. A Holocaust survivor has fewer qualms - he is happily pampered by his African girlfriend and doesn't give a hoot about what people say. In peaceful direct-cinema style, Marc Isaacs shows how a number of all-British residents struggle with the immigration wave. He faces the people he portrays without judgment, even when they reveal their racial fears or dispiritedly observe that the cultural gap is unbridgeable.
UK, 2008, DV, colour, 72 min
Director Marc Isaacs
Camera Marc Isaacs
“You are what you eat”, the saying goes, and in the London district of Barking, not everyone eats the same. Not anymore, that is. With observant eyes, some older locals look upon the large-scale influx of immigrants and their very different eating habits. An elderly couple doesn't like the cooking smells wafting in from their Nigerian neighbours, but when they are invited to come over for dinner, they quietly clean their plates. Their conclusion: “Different, but enjoyable”, and they subsequently invite the Nigerian family to a barbecue. Another Barking resident does not make any attempts to integrate with his new neighbours, opting to move to a coastal town that is not as multicultural. A Holocaust survivor has fewer qualms - he is happily pampered by his African girlfriend and doesn't give a hoot about what people say. In peaceful direct-cinema style, Marc Isaacs shows how a number of all-British residents struggle with the immigration wave. He faces the people he portrays without judgment, even when they reveal their racial fears or dispiritedly observe that the cultural gap is unbridgeable.