Rent Burning an Illusion (1981)
3.6 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 41min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Pat (Cassie McFarlane), is an ordinary London girl with a caring family, a job she enjoys and her own flat. Seeking nothing more than to settle down to a life of married, middle-class conformity, her cosy world is jolted when she meets Del (Victor Romero), a charming and vaguely disconnected toolmaker who loses his job and causes them to challenge their assumptions and aspirations. 'Burning an Illusion', Menelik Shabazz's pioneering first feature, marked a coming of age for black British cinema. Exploring the issues of transformation and identity, this sensitive and entertaining love story traces the emotional and political growth of a young black couple in Thatcher's London.
- Actors:
- Cassie McFarlane, Victor Romero Evans, Beverley Martin, Angela Wynter, Malcolm Frederick, Chris Tummings, Trevor Laird, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Marva Buchanan, Larrington Walker, Millie Kiarie, Nicola Wright, Ruddy L. Davis, Suzanne Auguste, Brian Bovell, Basil Oton, Vinny, Trevor Ward, Stella Orakwue, Andy de la Tour
- Directors:
- Menelik Shabazz
- Producers:
- Vivien Pottersman
- Writers:
- Menelik Shabazz
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/09/2022
- Run Time:
- 106 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Vintage commentary by Menelik Shabazz, Cassie McFarlane and Victor Romero Evans (2001)
- Introduction by Menelik Shabazz (2005, 10 mins): the director discusses the background to 'Burning an Illusion' and 'Blood Ah Goh Run'
- Cassie McFarlane Introduction (2022, 7 mins): the actor talks about her role and discusses the film's production
- 'Blood Ah Goh Run' (1982, 13 mins): a short documentary on the response to the New Cross fire of 1981 and the Black People's Day of Action
- Step Forward Youth (1977, 29 mins): interviews with first-generation Black British youth on their attitudes to identity, family, police, race and fashion
- Original theatrical trailer
- Gallery
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