Hackney Fandango
Director: Tom Hunter
This film was supported by the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation, Arts Council England & the ICA as part of the BRITDOCART scheme. The four BRITDOCART films will be shown as part of a UK tour during the course of 2009. To be notified of screening dates and venues, please sign up to our email bulletins
Synopsis
Hackney Fandango is a short documentary charting a day in the life of one dancer in east London through the different dance forms practised in the area. An updating of colourful Hollywood musicals, a day-in-the-life romp like Jacques Tati’s Playtime, a heaven-to-hell journey influenced by Victorian tableau paintings, Hackney Fandango is a 24-hour voyage through London’s East End, featuring the area’s real venues, dancers and events.
About the director
Tom Hunter is an artist working mainly in photography. The majority of his work combines documentary and staged photography, and places it in an art context. His work is often particular, but not exclusive, to the the Hackney community he knows as neighbours and friends in East London. He has exhibited work both nationally and internationally, in solo and group shows. Tom is represented by the Green on Red gallery in Dublin and the Yancey Richardson gallery in New York.