Open Space: Inner City Blues (1987)

Mrs Thatcher committed herself to tackling Britain's inner cities. [Since the early seventies], Open Space and its predecessor Open Door have enabled people to make programmes under their own editorial control, many of which have come from inner city groups.

This rich archive is drawn upon to present a portrait of the deepening urban crisis through the eyes of the people who have to live with the problems and have struggled to solve them. From more than a dozen very different communities filmed [since the early seventies], the issues remain disturbingly similar - bad housing, social dereliction, economic decline and mass unemployment.

Director: Philip Morrow

Duration: 32 minutes

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