This film is part of Rentals

This film is not rated

I accept this guidance

Title of error

See Help

Mark of the Hand Aubrey Williams

The Guyanese painter returns to his homeland on a “journey to the source of his inspiration”.

Biopic 1987 53 mins Silent Not rated

Director: Imruh Caesar

Rent for £1.00

Overview

Guyanese painter Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) returns to his homeland on a "journey to the source of his inspiration" in this vivid Arts Council documentary, filmed towards the end of his life. The title comes from the indigenous Arawak word 'timehri' - the mark of the hand of man - which Williams equates to art itself. Timehri was also then the name of the international airport at Georgetown, Guyana's capital, where Williams stops off to restore an earlier mural and is honoured by President H.D. Hoyte.

Narrated by Norman Beaton, the film offers a rare insight into life beyond Georgetown, what Williams calls "the real Guyana". Before moving to England in 1952 he had been sent to work on a sugar plantation in the jungle; this is his first chance to revisit the region and the Warao Indians - formative influences on his work - in four decades. Challenging the ill-treatment of indigenous Guyanese, Williams explored the potential of art to change attitudes. By venturing beyond his British studio, this film puts his work into vibrant context.

Director

Imruh Caesar

Genres

Biopic and Documentary

Certificate

Not rated

Country

United Kingdom

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Rent for £3.50

Jackie Jackie

Biopic 2017 100 mins Director: Pablo Larraín

Natalie Portman is exceptional as the iconic First Lady who has to quickly adjust to the world-shaking trauma of her husband’s assassination.

Rent for £3.50

I, Tonya I, Tonya

Biopic 2017 120 mins Director: Craig Gillespie

Athlete. Champion. Villain. Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) played them all…

Rent for £3.50

Tracks Tracks

Biopic 2014 113 mins Director: John Curran

Mia Wasikowska stars in this inspirational true story about one woman’s extraordinary odyssey through the Australian Outback.

Rent for £4.50

Dark Waters Dark Waters

Biopic 2019 126 mins Director: Todd Haynes

Mark Ruffalo plays an attorney trying to uncover the corporate scandal of a chemical company poisoning a local community, in this searching ecological drama from Todd Haynes (Safe, Carol).

Rent for £3.50

Mr. Turner Mr. Turner

Biopic 2014 150 mins Director: Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh’s Cannes-winning account of the later years of J. M. W. Turner, brilliantly played by Timothy Spall.

Rent for £3.50

Trumbo Trumbo

Biopic 2015 124 mins Director: Jay Roach

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Argo) gives a cracking performance as Dalton Trumbo, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who became a Hollywood outcast.

Rent for £3.50

Chi-Raq Chi-Raq

Musical 2015 127 mins Director: Spike Lee

Spike Lee’s bold and vivacious hip-hop musical restages an ancient Greek battle-of-the-sexes in 21st-century Chicago.

Rent for £3.50

Yardie Yardie

Crime 2018 102 mins Director: Idris Elba

In his thrilling directorial debut, Idris Elba brings to life Victor Headley’s cult crime novel.

Rent for £3.50

Monsters and Men Monsters and Men

Drama 2018 96 mins Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Unravelling the aftermath of a police killing of a black man - and how it affects the lives of three separate individuals. With John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman).