Franki Raffles Screenings Tish
Newcastle-based photographer documents the impact of deindustrialisation on working-class communities in the North East in the 70s and 80s.
This screening is part of Franki Raffles: Viewpoints
Tish
dir. Paul Sng, UK, 2023 90’
Wed 20 Nov 2024 | 18:30
Level 1 Cinema
Tickets £5 / £3.50 Concessions / Discount bundles available
Driven by a commitment to document the impact of deindustrialisation on working-class communities in the North East in the 1970s and 1980s, Newcastle-based photographer Tish Murtha used her camera to expose societal inequality. She felt she had an obligation to the people and problems within her local environment, and that documentary photography could highlight and challenge the social disadvantages that she herself had suffered. However, despite early acclaim for her work, she was unable to make a living from photography and died in poverty.
Tish is a journey of exploration for Ella Murtha as both daughter and custodian of the Tish Murtha archive, a chance to elevate and preserve a legacy that has been lost and to tell the story of an artist and woman outside of the ‘mother’ that existed for her – or the version of Tish claimed within dominant narratives of the 70s and 80s photography – from the people who knew Tish and the images she left behind.
‘A tremendous, humane tribute to a real artist.’ — The Guardian
Franki Raffles: Viewpoints
This event is part of a series of films in our cinema on Wednesday evenings which further expand on themes of labour and feminism in Franki Raffles’ exhibition. Book a bundle ticket for these screenings at a discounted price here.
We are also showing free lunchtime talks by artists, activists, researchers and thinkers. See full programme here.
Franki Raffles Screenigs
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