Cathy Come Home - Flatpack Festival Screening
A special outdoor screening of this groundbreaking TV drama, shown in the courtyard of the Birmingham Back to Backs.
Few films can claim to have shaped public policy, but that is the case with Ken Loach’s Cathy Come Home which caused a huge furore after its first broadcast in November 1966. The tale of a young family’s traumatic journey through the British housing system, parts of the action were filmed in Birmingham’s Hingeston Street, in back-to-backs which were demolished shortly afterwards. The film had a huge influence on Nick Hedges, then studying photography in Birmingham, and inspired him to document the housing situation around him.
Home in the Shadows: Photography by Nick Hedges is on show at the Birmingham Back to Backs until 12th September.
Film will start at roughly 8.55pm due to lighting levels.
Please note:
- Please meet at Court 15 Bookshop.
- The screening will take place outdoors in our courtyard. Please wear weather-appropriate clothing.
- Step free access into the bookshop and the courtyard.
- Not suitable for children.
- Flatpack Pass Holders are eligible for the concession ticket. Please bring your pass with you.
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A special outdoor screening of this groundbreaking TV drama, shown in the courtyard of the Birmingham Back to Backs.
Few films can claim to have shaped public policy, but that is the case with Ken Loach’s Cathy Come Home which caused a huge furore after its first broadcast in November 1966. The tale of a young family’s traumatic journey through the British housing system, parts of the action were filmed in Birmingham’s Hingeston Street, in back-to-backs which were demolished shortly afterwards. The film had a huge influence on Nick Hedges, then studying photography in Birmingham, and inspired him to document the housing situation around him.
Home in the Shadows: Photography by Nick Hedges is on show at the Birmingham Back to Backs until 12th September.
Film will start at roughly 8.55pm due to lighting levels.
Please note:
- Please meet at Court 15 Bookshop.
- The screening will take place outdoors in our courtyard. Please wear weather-appropriate clothing.
- Step free access into the bookshop and the courtyard.
- Not suitable for children.
- Flatpack Pass Holders are eligible for the concession ticket. Please bring your pass with you.
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