‘It was like the citizen knowing that home is a construction exposing our own constructedness; he chose the most beautiful foreign language and tried to disappear into its declinations’ - Donna Stonecipher, Model City, 2015

What was it like? These many stories hidden beneath the murky film of rampant regeneration and gentrification. Whose stories are really told? Theatrum Mundi curates an evening of film that explores the stories of the invisible, the unseen and the ignored.

BACKSTAGE PRODUCTION

Running Time: 06:52  

Director: Lucia Sceranková  

Producer: Theatrum Mundi

With an introduction from urban researcher Cecily Chua

Shining a light on the often invisible cultural producers in London’s Elephant & Castle. Featuring makers from the Latin American community, artists from the Pullens Yards Residents Association, the film gives each group a platform to voice their contribution to the area’s cultural identity.  

ESTATE, A REVERIE

Running Time: 1:23:00

Director: Andrea Luka Zimmerman

Producer: Fugitive Images

With a Q&A with director Andrea Luka Zimmerman

A film forged by community and a spirited celebration of extraordinary everyday humanity. Timely, lyrical, made over seven years from within the Hackney housing estate featured. A Utopian fever dream lived, and a community made, by those abandoned by the structures around them. A profound exploration of difference, marginalisation and resilience.