Housing Problems (film)

Housing Problems is a British social documentary film about slum housing conditions produced in 1935 by the Realist Film Unit and John Grierson for the British Commercial Gas Association.[1][2] It was directed by Arthur Elton and Edgar Anstey.[1]

The thirteen-minute 35 mm film features interviews with tenants of the slums.[1] It was one of the first documentaries that centered the voices of the subjects in this way.[3][4] Whether these interviews were scripted remains a matter of debate.[1]

Footage of new model housing developments and cheerful voice-overs emphasizes the role of the British Commercial Gas Association in ending slum housing.[5]

References
  1. Barsam, Richard Meran (1992). Nonfiction Film: A Critical History. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. pp. 96, 107. ISBN 9780253207067.
  2. "Housing Problems (1935)". Vimeo. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  3. Deacon, Michael (2011-07-26). "The British Documentary Movement". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  4. Birchall, Danny. "Housing Problems (1935)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  5. Chapman, J. (2015-03-11). A New History of British Documentary. Springer. ISBN 9780230392878.
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