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T Dan Smith (1987)
from: Amber Films
A powerful, experimental feature film juxtaposing political drama and challenging interviews with T Dan Smith and other key figures associated with his controversial reign as Leader of Newcastle City Council in the 1960s.
Among the most interesting and socially relevant of contemporary films. New Statesman
Byker (1983)
from: Amber Films
Richly evocative of British working class community, a partly dramatised documentary built around Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's black & white photographs of the Newcastle terraced community in which she lived before it was demolished to make way for the Byker Wall.
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Quayside (1979)
from: Amber Films
A black & white documentary film that formed part of Amber's campaign to preserve the architectural heritage of Newcastle's Quayside, then threatened by the city's plans for redevelopment.
Quayside
from: Photography
A documentation from 1979 of the area of Newcastle where the collective is based, then under threat of redevelopment. The exhibition and publication (full text included here) featured photographs by Sirkka and, fellow Amber member at the time, Graham Smith. The work is linked to Amber's film Quayside.
Scotswood Road
from: Photography
The working class terraced community in Newcastle upon Tyne's West End, captured in 1950s and 1960s by a member of the community, as redevelopment began to destroy it.
Urban Landscapes
from: Photography
Landscapes of Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and industrial Northumberland by a photographer who was part of the Side Gallery operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s.