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Filmed over six months in 1987 against a backdrop of industrial closures, high unemployment, & a looming general election, 'On the Manor' is a wonderful documentary snapshot of a #Sheffield community in flux.
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Filmed over six months in 1987 against a backdrop of industrial closures, high unemployment, & a looming general election, 'On the Manor' is a wonderful documentary snapshot of a #Sheffield community in flux.
yfanefa.com/record/11532
At the time, Manor was the site of the country’s largest council house rebuilding scheme. Over 1600 homes would be demolished, but only 500 new ones built, fragmenting and dispersing the community to new homes across the city.
As bulldozers eat their way through chimneys & walls, director Peter Gordon provides us with a portrait of some remaining residents, creating a record of Manor as it really was. A TV show about strength & resilience and a community fighting to survive despite the broken promises.
Featured residents & their families were reunited for a special anniversary screening at Sheffield’s @showroomcinema just before Christmas. It was made more than 35 years ago, but the details of trying to afford energy bills & work out how to make do with what you resonate today.
Unlike today's 'poverty porn' TV shows, On The Manor did a ‘beautiful job’ of allowing people to ‘speak their lives’, without sensationalism or judgement, which is why it is held in such high regard by the majority of the people on the estate as an accurate portrayal of life.
The Sheffield Star's Robert Cumber has written a moving article about the reunion & screening, which includes residents' reflections on the Manor & the impact of the TV series on their lives. thestar.co.uk/news/people/on…
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