Alright, We’ll Do It Ourselves | Film Screening

Come along for an exclusive screening of the 1972 Man Alive documentary Alright, We'll Do It Ourselves, which explores the origins of Stepney’s E1 Festival. Directed by Jenny Barraclough, this 50-minute film is a fascinating snapshot of Stepney in the early 1970s, and includes oral histories from local people, plus music from East End artists and footage of community events and activism.

This screening is a collaboration with Four Corners, as part of their current exhibition A World Apart: Photographing Change in London’s East End, 1970-76.

There will be a Q&A after the screening with Carla Mitchell (Four Corners) and E1 Festival co-organiser Maggie Pinhorn, along with a chance to view rare photographs of the 1972-73 festivals from our image collection. The event will be hosted by Robert Jones, Local History Librarian responsible for the audio-visual collections held at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives.

Note: Our copy of the film was digitised from a VHS tape which unfortunately had an intermittent buzzing on the audio track. We hope this does not detract from your enjoyment of the film.

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