ALL WHITE IN BARKING

All White In Barking Men Of The City Vice: Are you a native Eastender? Marc Isaacs: When did you have the idea for the film? How did you feel about what was happening with the BNP? Yeah, one of the funniest bits in the film is when you tell Dave, the BNP campaigner, that the kid he’s just been canvassing is mixed-race, and he had no idea. Dave on the beach What did you tell people about what you were setting out to do? Were you surprised about how open he was with his views? Do you think they’re aware of how provocative some of the things they say are? The Guardian I’m from a Jewish family as well, and Jews are traditionally tribal. My grandmother was certainly a lot more comfortable with other Jewish people than anyone else. When you hear those tribal sentiments that are expressed in the film from minorities it seems completely understandable. But when you hear someone like Dave talking about indigenous white people… There’s that absurd bit where Dave warns his daughter that her mixed-race son will, later in life, encounter bigots, although he doesn’t seem to be talking about himself.