Deputy Vice-President for Education (Student Experience) @sheffielduni, Professor in Film & Television Studies @shefenglish. Mundane tweets about sport, mainly.
If you're in London on November 25th, and you want to hear me talk about Kes, regional filmmaking, class, and authorship, this might be the event for you: https://t.co/2RLaP2SDO0
Barry Hines' film Threads was first broadcast on the BBC 40 years ago today.
This Archive on 4 documentary explores the making & legacy of the film, and features @davidsforrest talking about items from Hines' archive held here @unisheffieldlib
https://t.co/T6JBtynGu6
Myself and @DavidSForrest will be talking about our Estate Project today at 4pm @FestivalMind Spiegeltent in Sheffield. There's also an exhibition at @yartspace https://t.co/VDaJ12W02O
Join us on a visual and textual exploration of working-class culture and landscapes through the lens of working-class writers.
Read more: https://t.co/vouyI0rcUi
#FOTM2024
So here's what I've been working on all summer...an hour digging into the creation & legacy of the incredible BBC-commissioned nuclear war film Threads, broadcast 40 years ago this month, with a soundtrack by Ghost Box Records. Artwork by Catrin James. https://t.co/Ptmi0EBPO1
First author copies of Black Arsenal: Club, Culture, Identity. Amazing to see the physical outcome of nearly a decade researching @Arsenal and Black identity, difference and multiculture. A beautiful book by @wnbooks@orionbooks 🙏🏽
We are *beyond* excited to announce that @FestivalMind is back this September!
#FOTM2024 brings our pioneering research to life through immersive exhibitions, films, performances & more. Our amazing researchers work with local creatives, bringing you over 40 free events 🎉
Full details 👇
https://t.co/wd0lMiNGuB
Estate is a visual and textual project exploring working-class culture and landscapes through the lens of working-class writers.
Patrick Murphy & @DavidSForrest will use Sheffield University @speccollshef Archives to create a new body of work: Estate. @FestivalMind
New special issue of the Journal of British Cinema and TV on the British New Wave ed. by @BritFilmMelanie& @DavidSForrest out now! Featuring my article on Brenda and Doreen in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - I can't wait to read all the others!
Hooray! It was a real pleasure to co-edit and contribute to this issue. There is so much more to say about the British New Wave, and class and region in British film and TV - watch this space!
New special issue of Journal of British Cinema and Television, co-edited by @DavidSForrest and me, on the British New Wave, out now (with sexy Albert Finney on the cover too)! https://t.co/GIeuVFsv7l
With a new book on Kes out by @DavidSForrest, Threads turning 40 and getting a new doc, plus @andothertweets re-publishing The Gatekeeper. I dive into the powerful yet often overlooked world of Barry Hines for @sheffieldtrib. +words from @KenLoachSixteen https://t.co/eqhxVvF7io
It was great to chair this panel and to hear such enlightening perspectives on what remains a hugely challenging but remarkable piece of TV drama. Big thanks to @showroomcinema for making it happen 👏🏻
Are you an emerging documentary filmmaker who loves archive film? The Make Film History Challenge offers you access to 40 archive films for creative reuse. Make a short film (up to 3 mins) which reinterprets the archive in new and imaginative ways!
My Billy and Kes sculpture got unveiled today in Barry Hines home village of Hoyland Common. It stands across from his former home which also features a blue plaque about him. 1/4