{"product_id":"rio-tape-slide-archive-radical-community-photography-in-hackney-in-the-80s","title":"Rio Tape\/Slide Archive: Radical Community Photography in Hackney in the 80s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe Tape\/Slide Newsreel Group in Hackney, UK, used photography and sound-recording skills to give unemployed local youth a voice in the 1980s. The book presents the best of the slides shown in newsreels before the main feature at the Rio, alongside recollections of the participants. It is connected to the communities it portrays and remains true to the original radicalism behind the Tape\/Slide Newsreel Group. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 26 October 2020\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Isola Press Limited\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHackney, a deprived part of the UK in the 1980s, was overlooked by Margaret Thatcher's vision of Britain. However, at Dalston's Rio - London's oldest community cinema - the Tape\/Slide Newsreel Group provided a platform for unemployed local youth, teaching photography and sound-recording skills and championing an alternative, left-wing perspective on Hackney life. In 2016, thousands of slides were found in a filing cabinet in the Rio's basement, a legacy of this ground-breaking project. The book presents the best of these slides, alongside recollections of the Tape\/Slide Newsreel Group participants. This important oral history places the photos in the cultural and political context of Hackney in the 1980s, making it connected to the communities it portrays and true to the original radicalism behind the Tape\/Slide Newsreel Group. The archive is presented chronologically and includes themes such as activism, parades and protest marches, art, culture, music and festivals, social problems and community action, street life and style, urban landscapes and dereliction, work and everyday life, and young and old. Introductory essays by Andrew Woodyatt (of The Rio) and Alan Denney (the photographer and local historian who digitised all the slides) put the archive into the context of contemporary movements in radical community photography, and forewords from Michael Rosen and Zawe Ashton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 920g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 197 x 254 x 27 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780995488663                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Denney,Max Leonard,Tamara Stoll,Andrew Woodyatt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44093554688250,"sku":"9780995488663","price":21.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1782cbc62d2c0b6379ae1c0fc522f160.jpg?v=1622168908","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/rio-tape-slide-archive-radical-community-photography-in-hackney-in-the-80s","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}