None But the Lonely Heart

None But the Lonely Heart 1944

6.20

When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they're both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.

1944

Silver Haze

Silver Haze 2023

5.79

23-year-old Franky is a nurse who lives with her large family in an East London borough. Obsessed with a thirst for revenge and a need to assign guilt for a traumatic event that happened 15 years before, she is unable to build any meaningful relationship until she falls in love with one of her patients – Florence. They escape to the coast where Florence lives with her more open-minded patchwork family. There, Franky finds the emotional shelter to deal with the grudges of the past.

2023

Mad to Be Normal

Mad to Be Normal 2017

5.80

The story of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London in the 1960s.

2017

M-TOWN The Hidden Olympic Village

M-TOWN The Hidden Olympic Village 1970

1

Short documentary film about Maryland, a corner of Stratford neglected by the Olympic ‘regeneration’. Seen through the eyes of veteran grime emcee Chronik.

1970

Tunde's Film

Tunde's Film 1973

1

Disenfranchised black, white and mixed race youths in East London decide to rob a bank.

1973

London Before They Forget

London Before They Forget 2022

1

Told in four parts, follow the lives of four individuals struggling to find their place amongst England’s ever-evolving capitol.

2022

Cultural Preservation

Cultural Preservation 2024

1

'Cultural Preservation' is a short documentary film which discusses the importance of community and how the development of gentrification can become a threat to it. With this film, Hussain looks at Whitechapel Road market in East London, one of the most popular markets in London and uncovers the reason behind this popularity. Through interviews with the public, he learns about the problems the community face within itself and with the changes to the area.

2024

Trojan Horse/Rainbow Flag

Trojan Horse/Rainbow Flag 2019

1

An art film about the campaign to save the Joiners Arms, the iconic queer pub in East London. Working directly with members of ‘Friends of the Joiner’s Arms’ and queer actors based in East London, Giles employed participatory workshops and verbatim theatre as structures to produce a discursive social network and the resulting film. The film mixes transcribed scripted dialogue with interjections and commentary from the group.

2019

Divide and Rule - Never!

Divide and Rule - Never! 1978

1

This punk-infused documentary by the Newsreel Collective invites young working class Londoners to discuss their experiences of racism. First and second generation Black and Asian immigrants, as well as ex-National Front members, paint a detailed picture of discrimination in 1970s Britain. The film uses lo-fi animation, archive footage and a pulsating soundtrack to compare racial inequality in London to Britain's colonial 'divide and rule' policy, European fascism and the rise of Nazi Germany.

1978

EastEnders

EastEnders 1985

4.10

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.

1985