Paradise Lost: History in the Un-Making

Sep 26, 2021

1h 24m

★ 0.0

One building stood as a testament to the promise of Paradise.

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

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Cast

John Madin

James Harris

Narrator

Andy Howlett

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Paradise Lost: History in the Un-Making

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