Dave Forrest

Deputy Vice-President for Education (Student Experience) @sheffielduni, Professor in Film & Television Studies @shefenglish. Mundane tweets about sport, mainly.

[Dave Forrest @DavidSForrest]

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

[Uni of Sheffield Special Collections @speccollshef]

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

[Patrick Murphy @PM_studio]

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

[Patrick Murphy @PM_studio]

Myself and @DavidSForrest are discussing our Estate project @FestivalMind come along and join in.

[Festival of the Mind @FestivalMind]

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

[Jude Rogers 💙 @juderogers]

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

[Clive Chijioke Nwonka @CJNwonka]

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 🙏🏽

[The University of Sheffield @sheffielduni]

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

[The Guardian @guardian]

Black Arsenal: how the club and its players set the pace for integration and ‘natural multiculturalism’ https://t.co/tInzmkDua4

[Patrick Murphy @PM_studio]

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

[Dave Forrest @DavidSForrest]

@jamie_medhurst @BritFilmMelanie Thank you!

[Dave Forrest @DavidSForrest]

@JSmithy64 @BritFilmMelanie Thanks, Jonny!

[Dave Forrest @DavidSForrest]

@GissingGeorge @BritFilmMelanie @EdinburghUP Thank you, Tom!

[Hollie Price @holl_price]

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!

[Dave Forrest @DavidSForrest]

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!

[Melanie Williams @BritFilmMelanie]

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

[Dave Forrest @DavidSForrest]

@DanielDylanWray It’s a really substantial and thought provoking article - thank you for writing it!

[Dave Forrest @DavidSForrest]

What a brilliant job Dan’s done here - great piece 👏🏻

[Daniel Dylan Wray @DanielDylanWray]

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

[Dave Forrest @DavidSForrest]

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 👏🏻

[Archives for Education @makefilmhistory]

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!

[Patrick Murphy @PM_studio]

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