The Long Goodbye (2020)
Overview
A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.
Cast
Riz Ahmed
Riz
Hussina Raja
Aminah
Sudha Bhuchar
Mum
Rish Shah
Karim
Ambreen Razia
Aisha
Taru Devani
Khadija
Nikkita Chadha
Brother's friend
Asmara Gabrielle
Fatima
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A family and their friends are messing around at home when they are set upon by a gang of shotgun toting white racist thugs who have violently descended on their street. What ensues is truly abhorrent and would appear to happen with a degree of police complicity before quite a clever and intensely delivered piece of poetry from actor Riz Ahmed questioning who is who in the UK in 2020, and what is important in our double-standards ridden nation. The photography really effectively takes us to the heart of this scenario, almost as if we were there too, witnessing the atrocity. I do not believe this is a realistic reflection of something that could actually happen in Britain, nor do I believe that there are police officers who would permit this kind of brutal kerbside execution, but sometimes cinema needs extremes to provoke debate and responses - this is certainly food for thought.
