The Battle for Barking
6.2 /10 1 Votes6.2
Director Laura Fairrie Producer Laura Fairrie Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Documentary Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 11, 2010 (2010-30-11) Cinematography Laura Fairrie, Zillah Bowes, Gareth Furby Similar movies Mad Money (2008), Enemies of Happiness (2006), Mirage Men (2013), She - a Chinese (2009), The Dark Matter of Love (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Battle for Barking is a 2010 British documentary film, chronologically filming the campaign for the election of MP to the Barking constituency. It won the Sheffield Youth Jury Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2010.
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Reviews
Reviews were generally positive. The Telegraph took an anti-BNP stance writing that "the best thing about The Battle for Barking, was that it didn’t bash the BNP. Instead, it was quite happy to let the BNP bash themselves." The Guardian described the film as "altogether more substantial and red-blooded," attacking Griffin personally, writing that "the already overweight Griffin was seldom seen not scoffing a doughnut: he'd better start praying he finds a hospital without any black staff when he is eventually admitted for heart surgery."
The BNP's Deputy Chairman Simon Darby described on his blog how the documentary came about: "Well, was I right in trusting her (Fairrie), was the question I asked myself whilst brushing my teeth in the early hours of this morning. 'Yes.'"' However, the BNP's former National Organiser Eddy Butler wrote that "the overwhelming feeling after watching it is one of great sadness at the lost opportunity."
References
The Battle for Barking WikipediaThe Battle for Barking IMDb The Battle for Barking themoviedb.org