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Bandung File

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How it feels

This documentary series presented news and current affairs from an Afro-Asian point of view. It focused on issues relevant to ethnic minorities in the UK.

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What happens

Bandung File was a UK series of documentary and current affairs television programmes that aired on Channel 4 between 12 September 1985 and 13 August 1991, made by Bandung Productions with Darcus Howe and Tariq Ali as joint series editors. Presenters of the show were Howe, Gita Sahgal and John Buckley. Bandung File featured topics from an Afro-Asian perspective and with particular relevance to the UK's ethnic minorities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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