Film and Housing as phenomena are of the same 19th century vintage. They are contemporaries born of the necessities and possibilities of the mass society of the industrial revolution. In their histories they both speak to us of the formation, development and decline of that type of society. In The story of British housing as seen through film is one of ubiquitous and enduring apartheid. Yet have the filmmakers themselves been immune from that social ill? This article gives an intersectional reading of housing and film with lots to watch as well as read.

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