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.
- Booking essential
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.
Times
Prices
| Ticket type | Ticket category |
|---|---|
| All | £10.00 |
The basics
- Booking details
Call 0344 249 1895
- Suitability
Not suitable for Children
- Meeting point
Court 15 Bookshop
- What to bring and wear
The screening will take place outdoors in our courtyard. Please wear weather-appropriate clothing.
- Accessibility
Step free access into the bookshop and the courtyard.
Upcoming events
A Taste of Honey - Flatpack Festival Screening
The film has been selected by photographer Nick Hedges, whose revelatory images of housing conditions in the 1960s and 70s are currently on show at the Birmingham Back to Backs.
Guided walk of Druids Heath + Screening of a Decent Place With Hot and Cold
Continuing our collaboration with the Place Prospectors CIC in Druids Heath, this special walk and archive screening have been developed in response to the Nick Hedges exhibition at the Birmingham Back to Backs.
Birmingham Pride Open Day
Pop into the Back to Backs during Pride Weekend to get a taste of what life was like living in Court 15.
Herb Planter Workshop with Grand Union
No matter how small a space you have, you can grow herbs, whether on balconies, in containers, in backyards, or from your window sill.