Were you there? VIVID would like to talk to anyone who attended the following events in Birmingham in the 1980s.
John Akomfrah: Handsworth Riots – Twenty Summers On © Pogus Caesar / OOM Gallery Archive 1985
– The launch of ‘Handsworth Songs’ at the Birmingham Film & TV Festival in October 1986
– Q&A with Dennis Hopper at the Triangle in 1985 or 1986
Please contact Harriet intern@vivid.org.uk or 0121 766 1304.
You can read more about Handsworth Songs in a previous post by Pete.
I was there for the launch of the world premiere of ‘Handsworth Songs’ at Triangle Cinema in 1986. Also, in my role as Chair of Birmingham International Film & TV Festival myself and many others attended the reception of Dennis Hopper’s photography exhibition, a great event all round with Mr Hopper being a great conversationalist.
As unofficial photographer of the Triangle, I documented the receptions, events and numerous also individuals who were piviotal in the Triangle’s artistic and cultural development during the 80’s. To date we have about 150 photographs from that period in the OOM Gallery archive.