Name: Kirkby - Portrait of a Town
Director: Ray Gosling
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1973-01-01
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Ray Gosling

30 minutes that'll wreck your faith in 'progress' — 1973 style.

working-class elegyforgotten Britainpoetic journalism

Overview

Documentary

A 1973 Granada documentary by Ray Gosling about Kirkby, a town in Lancashire.

dehumanizing urban planningcommunity erasureworking-class identitythe cost of progress

Standout Aspects

Writing

Gosling's script burns like a love letter to a dying friend.

Direction

Jim Clark finds poetry in concrete and empty playgrounds.

Best for:Solo·Rewatch

Heads up:Emotional

Director

Ray Gosling

ReleasedJan 1, 1973

Runtime30m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelheavy

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