Film Number

7674

Title

AHMED IQBAL ULLAH CAMPAIGN - TARIQ MEHMOOD

Producer

WFA

Date

1986

Gauge

U-matic LB

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

19 mins 12 secs

Description

Tariq Mehmood speaks to an organising meeting in Manchester about the build up to the demonstration about Ahmed Ullah's racist murder at Burnage High School. How it came about in the face of a massive cover-up about the nature of the murder both from the police and some members of the Asian community, where there was a lot of confusion and argument between different interest groups. There is general discussion about the events surrounding Ahmed's murder both internal and external to the Asian Community.
Ahmed's sister (?) speaks about wanting to raise public awareness and a course of action people can participate in. Some students from Burnage High School speak about the school's reaction to the demo and how the young people felt about being obstructed from participating in such actions.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]