The screening on Wednesday the 6th of August was followed by a Q&A with director George Amponsah, producer Dionne Walker and activist Yianna McIntosh. Hosted by film producer Jezz Vernon.
Marking ten years since its release, we present a special screening of The Hard Stop, which takes place in the aftermath of the racially charged killing of Mark Duggan by the Met Police in North Tottenham in August 2011, igniting a wave of riots in London and beyond.
For 28 months, director George Amponsah (The Fighting Spirit) filmed around Broadwater Farm in Tottenham, where Duggan grew up, capturing his family’s distress and focusing on two of his closest friends, Marcus Knox and Kurtis Henville.
We follow the men as they attempt to get on with their lives, look for a job, talk about the discrimination they experience on a daily basis and the impact Duggan’s death has had on the community. Duggan is present throughout, in peoples’ testimonies and news broadcasts. What emerges is a profoundly humane and thought-provoking testament, which gives a voice to people who are rarely heard.
The screening on Wednesday the 6th of August was followed by a Q&A with director George Amponsah, producer Dionne Walker and activist Yianna McIntosh. Hosted by film producer Jezz Vernon.
This screening marked the film’s 10th anniversary.