Don McCullin’s 1989 film about London’s homeless
from the BBC website, found via EPUK towers….
“Don McCullin, an internationally-regarded British photojournalist particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife, examined the underside of society – the unemployed, downtrodden and the impoverished – in this moving 1989 film for Newsnight.
Newsnight’s librarian Adam Gotch chose this film because it was one of the earliest examples of the programme using a famous person as the reporter. Don McCullin had approached Newsnight because he wanted to tackle the homeless problem and even though he had photographed many awful situations he was still deeply affected by what he found and his compassion is really tangible.
Originally broadcast on 24 October 1989.”
Watch it here, Don McCullin’s movie on UK homeless in 1989.
Great link. An important subject we take for-granted. Feels like New York today in many ways.
Good luck in Hokkaido. Must be cold up there.
Paule
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13 April 2010 Paris -21 years later there are numerous beggars on most streets in the city centre. Very reminiscent of these homeless Londoners in 1989 in Don McCullin’s haunting documentary. Here, nowadays, they include ‘failed’ immigrants, as well as the general homeless, alcoholics, both young and old, male and female. Some with dogs (seemingly) cared for, as an added lure to gain a few centimes from pet lovers, and more probably for friendship. Small tents are issued to some, so alongside the cardboard cities and anonymous coffin shape rolls of dirty bedding we have the tent cities, all still as depressing and shocking as London 1989