Barrabackslarrabang

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 9 min
  • Premiere: 2010. January 1.

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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