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Barrabackslarrabang

Barrabackslarrabang

  • United Kingdom
  • 2010
  • · 9m

Director Imogen Stidworthy
Cast Donna Berry, Cliff Higgins, George “Buster” Swaby, Christine Quarless
Genre Documentary

Shot in two Liverpool pubs, Barrabackslarrabang features characters speaking in two different forms of backslang – a form of slang associated with working class culture that traditionally evolved out of the need to speak privately about illegal activity – exploring language as a site of refuge, resistance, identity and desire.

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