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Angry young woman: the rise of Shelagh Delaney

February 9, 2021February 10, 2021 annacoatman

The rise of Shelagh Delaney. I wrote a cover essay about the playwright for the November 2019 issue of the TLS.

Style meets attitude: Lorenza Mazzetti’s London Diaries

July 1, 2019February 10, 2021 annacoatman

A young Italian-born woman’s life in England. I wrote about Lorenza Mazzetti’s memoir, London Diaries, for the TLS.

A radical vision in east London: Four Corners & Camerawork

October 21, 2018February 10, 2021 annacoatman

An exhibition offers the chance to explore how in 1975 an empty shop in Bethnal Green became home to a pioneering set of independent filmmakers whose work boldly focused on under-represented communities. I wrote about the radical history of collaborative filmmaking and community photography at the Four Corners workshop and Camerawork in Bethnal Green for Sight & Sound.

Political Capital from Embittered Youth: Tish Murtha

September 30, 2018February 10, 2021 annacoatman

What do pictures of 1970s Tyneside tells us about Britain now? A survey of Tish Murtha’s work at The Photographers’ Gallery, London, shows the compassion and conviction of the late documentary photographer. I reviewed the exhibition for frieze magazine.

A Holiday From Reality: womxn and social realism

September 30, 2018February 10, 2021 annacoatman

The kitchen sink films of the 1950s and the social realist tradition of Ken Loach have come to define British working-class cinema, but since the 90s women and non-binary people have been key to reimagining its range. I wrote this essay on gender, class and film for the special ‘Class Ceiling’ issue of Sight & Sound.

Dire Straights: an interview with Desiree Akhavan

September 30, 2018February 10, 2021 annacoatman

The Miseducation of Cameron Post is Desiree Akhavan’s 1990s-set tale of a young woman sent to a rural gay conversion therapy centre run by Christians. I interviewed the director for the October 2018 issue of Sight & Sound. Continue reading “Dire Straights: an interview with Desiree Akhavan” →

Ways of Listening: an interview with Nell Dunn

September 30, 2018February 10, 2021 annacoatman

Why did Nell Dunn, the daughter of an earl, choose to write about working-class lives? In this interview she reflects back on her seminal book, Talking to Women (1964), and the unheard voices she recorded in it. I talked to the author about writing, talking and listening for Boundless.

Kicking Against The Pricks: Revolt, She Said

September 30, 2018February 10, 2021 annacoatman

Commemoration of the events of May ’68 has masked a wider context of political agitation – in particular, the radicalism of women. I wrote about ‘Revolt, She Said‘, a radical film tour curated by Club des Femmes and ICO, for the September 2018 issue of Sight & Sound.

Continue reading “Kicking Against The Pricks: Revolt, She Said” →

The rewriting of Andrea Dunbar’s story

April 2, 2018February 10, 2021 annacoatman

I wrote an essay on Andrea Dunbar for the feminist film journal, Another Gaze.

‘Rita, Sue and Bob Too’ at the Royal Court

December 19, 2017February 10, 2021 annacoatman

I wrote about the Royal Court’s (revoked) decision to cancel their production of Andrea Dunbar’s play, Rita, Sue and Bob Too for the London Review of Books blog.

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