T. Dan Smith
2021T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia
Amber Collective
T. Dan Smith, Dennis Skinner
An experimental mix of thriller and documentary exploring the scandal centred on the one-time Newcastle Council Leader, aka The Mouth of the Tyne, who was sentenced to six years imprisonment in 1974 for corruption. A dynamic and visionary politician, Smith collaborated closely as Amber unpicked the story of a leftwing group of ex-war resisters who took control of the city council in 1960, the socialist and civic ambitions and the betrayals; the claims of MI5 involvement, of ministerial cover-ups and the unseen role of the Privy Council. With Smith appearing as himself and filmmakers Murray Martin and Steve Trafford as two journalists, the film interrogates the interviews and archive footage, weaving them together with a fictional scandal unfolding on the streets around them…
T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia
Inquiry. The Great British Housing Disaster
Adam Curtis
David Jones, Tom Akroyd
The documentary set out to investigate, not the well-chronicled social problems of 1960s council housing, but the origins of how they came to be built so poorly that thousands later needed to be demolished.
Inquiry. The Great British Housing Disaster
