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Eden Valley (1994)
from: Amber Films
Set in the harness racing fraternity, this feature drama explores the conflict between urban and rural values and the relationship between an estranged father and son. See a video clip
Proof-positive that good British film-making is alive and living, hundreds of miles from Wardour Street. Time Out
Seacoal (1985)
from: Amber Films
A visually powerful drama exploring the raw capitalism of seacoaling, rooted in a documentary engagement with the community of seacoalers on Lynemouth Beach in Northumberland: Amber's first feature film.
Even though the group insists there is no dominant creative individual there is evidently a real film genius at work here. The Times
Seacoalers
from: Photography
The community of seacoal gatherers at Lynemouth, Northumberland, documented in the early 1980s, by the Ashington photographer (cousin to one of the seacoalers), who brought them to Amber after the making of the film Seacoal.
Greatham Creek
from: Photography
A community of cabins and houseboats in the estuary of the River Tees, 1975, documented by the Teesside photographer.
Peaceable Kingdoms
from: Photography
An exploration of allotment garden culture in Newcastle upon Tyne, developed in 1991/92 in a commission by the city council. It became an exhibition and a book (now out of print), the full text of which, based on interviews with the allotment holders, is included here.
Tees Estuary
from: Photography
The industrialized mouth of the River Tees, below Middlesbrough, and its small fishing hut communities, documented in the 1970s and early 1980s by the Teesside photographer.
Like Father
from: Amber Films
The second film in Amber's coalfield trilogy, a feature drama exploring the lives of a grandfather, father and son, as they come to terms with the post-closure landscape of East Durham. See a video clip
Hope, humour and rugged beauty amid the bleakness... Independent on Sunday
The Pursuit of Happiness (2008)
from: Amber Films
Starting out as a film about the Coulsons, a horsey family in Craghead, County Durham, when Amber founder member and key visionary Murray Martin died in 2007, it became a documentary about a filmmaker who became part of the world he documented.