It Ain’t Half Racist, Mum

Synopsis: Reveals the subtle and sometimes overt ways in which racist attitudes are disseminated on television. Comedy shows, documentaries and current affairs programmes are examined and attention drawn to the hidden racist agenda of the extracts cited.
Series: Open Door, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 30 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1979
Availability: Hire (film or video - Concord)
Sale; 1997 sale: £36.50 (inc. VAT +p&p) (African Video Centre)
Documentation: 'It Ain’t Half Racist, Mum’ edited by Phil Cohen (Co-Media) is recommended for background reading.
Uses: Media studies courses.*
Subjects: Media studies
Keywords: race relations; television broadcasting

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Notes: A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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