Movies: Birmingham

  • 1964
    Home for Heroes?

    Home for Heroes? (1964)

    Home for Heroes?

    01964HD

    Black and white 16mm film sequences of Birmingham....

    Home for Heroes?
  • 1969
    Walsall Pact

    Walsall Pact (1969)

    Walsall Pact

    01969HD

    A fringe communist party struggles to entrench itself within a pro-Palestinian encampment at a British university. Meanwhile, in 1967, the New Left grapples with an unconvinced public....

    Walsall Pact
  • 1930
    The Workshop of the World: Birmingham

    The Workshop of the World: Birmingham (1930)

    The Workshop of the World: Birmingham

    01930HD

    Spellbinding images of Birmingham between the wars....

    The Workshop of the World: Birmingham
  • 1947
    Midland Journey

    Midland Journey (1947)

    Midland Journey

    01947HD

    Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners....

    Midland Journey
  • 2021
    Paradise Lost: History in the Un-Making

    Paradise Lost: History in the Un-Making (2021)

    Paradise Lost: History in the Un-Making

    02021HD

    When filmmaker Andy Howlett set out with his camera to document the final days of Birmingham's Brutalist Central Library complex, little did he know the rabbit hole he was stumbling into. Decried by the Council as an eyesore, but hailed by Historic E...

    Paradise Lost: History in the Un-Making
  • 2021
    Philoxenia

    Philoxenia (2021)

    Philoxenia

    02021HD

    Philoxenia is a short documentary highlighting the synergy between the Greek notion of philoxenia ("friend of the stranger") and Southern hospitality, as expressed through Birmingham, Alabama's Greek-owned restaurants. The film features six local fav...

    Philoxenia