Barrie Keeffe

En 1978, la productora británica independiente HandMade Films fue fundada por George Harrison, antiguo miembro de The Beatles, para financiar la película La vida de Brian. La mítica película de Monthy Python de 1979 fue el trampolín para la aventura cinematográfica de Harrison, que llegaría a producir otros títulos de culto como Los héroes del tiempo (1981), de Terry Gilliam, Withnail y yo (1987), de Bruce Robinson, o Mona Lisa (1986), de Neil Jordan.

Election Night 1979: Margaret Thatcher is about to come into power. A young black man is held on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife. Officers Karn and Wilby, racist to the core and high on the prospect of a Conservative Party victory, try to lure the suspect into a quick confession. But the night has just begun...Callous humiliation gives way to a barrage of sinister violence, leading to a devastating conclusion.Written by Barrie Keefe, who was behind the British classic The Long Good Friday, SUS is an emotionally charged and incredibly tense crime drama that serves as a powerful outcry against past institutional racism. But in the age of counter-terrorism SUS also begs the question: has history caught up with us?

A man who has had a good life in England wants to retire to Jamaica, but the celebration with his daughters doesn't go as expected.

Harold Shand, un gángster inglés bien establecido, está a punto de cerrar un lucrativo negocio con la mafia estadounidense. Pero cuando una serie de bombas empiezan a estallar en distintos puntos de Londres, todo parece ir mal. Amigos y miembros de su banda van muriendo a la vez que la relativa calma de los últimos diez años se rompe en mil pedazos. Un misterioso sindicato intenta involucrarle por lo que Harold tendrá que averiguar quiénes son y qué es lo que quieren pero por el camino dejará un rastro sangriento en su recorrido hacia la verdad.

Grace leaves her old folks' home to return to her birthplace in Lambeth, a place which has changed on the surface but at its heart is still the same.

Teenager Jimmy's life begins to unravel after the death of his father. With his mother promiscuous and his new stepfather and stepbrother difficult to get along with, he begins to fall into a cycle of petty crime and self harm.

Two stories about school. Gotcha by Barrie Keeffe: On his last day at school, a 'no hope' 16-year-old pupil holds his teachers hostage using a motor-bike petrol tank as a bomb. Campion's Interview by Brian Clark: A headmaster takes on the Education Authorities on behalf on his pupils, exposing the political pressures behind the creation of a comprehensive school.