Basic Info
Release: September 26, 2021
Runtime: 84 min
Status: Released
Videos
Paradise Lost TRAILER! Birmingham Central Library documentary (YouTube)
Paradise Lost: History in the Un-Making
2021
84 min
Overview
When filmmaker Andy Howlett set out with his camera to document the final days of Birmingham's Brutalist Central Library complex, little did he know the rabbit hole he was stumbling into. Decried by the Council as an eyesore, but hailed by Historic England as an exemplar of postwar design, the story of John Madin's concrete colossus and the fight to save it is a curious one. In this psychogeographic detective story, Howlett weaves together archive footage with on-the-ground explorations in an attempt to figure out why we lost Paradise and how it might be regained.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
James Harris
John Madin
Andy Howlett
Narrator
Crew
Andy Howlett
Writer
Andy Howlett
Director
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