All White in Barking (Men in the City) - DVD

Following our release last year of Three Films by Marc Isaacs (comprising Lift, Travellers and Calais: The Last Border) Second Run DVD are delighted to present a further two films from one of the UK's most acclaimed documentary filmmakers. Considered by many to be the finest UK documentary filmmaker of his generation, Marc Isaacs' respect and empathy for his protagonists is central to the stories he chronicles.

All White in Barking is a compassionate and illuminating documentary probing the attitudes of Barking's white residents toward their new immigrant neighbours. Isaacs is an unseen, but prominent, presence, questioning prejudices and prying at preconceptions with remarkable results to produce a vivid picture of the attitudes and perceptions at the heart of an increasingly multicultural Britain. In Men of the City, Isaacs takes a more stylised approach to the lives of workers in the City of London during the recent financial meltdown, balancing sensitive portraits of diverse individuals striving to retain their dignity and humanity in the midst of the crisis. Strong human characters are at the heart ofall of Isaacs' work, and with these films he continues to create a unique vision of modern Britain.