Dave Forrest
@DavidSForrest
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Deputy Vice-President for Education (Student Experience) @sheffielduni, Professor in Film & Television Studies @shefenglish. Mundane tweets about sport, mainly.
Joined December 2008
If you're in London on November 25th, and you want to hear me talk about Kes, regional filmmaking, class, and authorship, this might be the event for you:
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RT @speccollshef: Barry Hines' film Threads was first broadcast on the BBC 40 years ago today. This Archive on 4 documentary explores the m….
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Writer Jude Rogers revisits Threads, the Cold War nuclear film that haunted a generation.
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RT @PM_studio: Myself and @DavidSForrest will be talking about our Estate Project today at 4pm @FestivalMind Spiegeltent in Sheffield. Ther….
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RT @PM_studio: Myself and @DavidSForrest are discussing our Estate project @FestivalMind come along and join in.
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RT @FestivalMind: Join us on a visual and textual exploration of working-class culture and landscapes through the lens of working-class wri….
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RT @juderogers: So here's what I've been working on all summer. an hour digging into the creation & legacy of the incredible BBC-commissio….
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RT @CJNwonka: First author copies of Black Arsenal: Club, Culture, Identity. Amazing to see the physical outcome of nearly a decade researc….
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RT @sheffielduni: We are *beyond* excited to announce that @FestivalMind is back this September!. #FOTM2024 brings our pioneering research….
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RT @guardian: Black Arsenal: how the club and its players set the pace for integration and ‘natural multiculturalism’ .
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A new book explores how the north London side and stars such as Ian Wright became a gamechanger for Black culture and racial integration in defiance of ingrained prejudices
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RT @PM_studio: Estate is a visual and textual project exploring working-class culture and landscapes through the lens of working-class writ….
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RT @holl_price: New special issue of the Journal of British Cinema and TV on the British New Wave ed. by @BritFilmMelanie& @DavidSForrest o….
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Hooray! It was a real pleasure to co-edit and contribute to this issue. There is so much more to say about the British New Wave, and class and region in British film and TV - watch this space!.
New special issue of Journal of British Cinema and Television, co-edited by @DavidSForrest and me, on the British New Wave, out now (with sexy Albert Finney on the cover too)!
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What a brilliant job Dan’s done here - great piece 👏🏻.
With a new book on Kes out by @DavidSForrest, Threads turning 40 and getting a new doc, plus @andothertweets re-publishing The Gatekeeper. I dive into the powerful yet often overlooked world of Barry Hines for @sheffieldtrib. words from @KenLoachSixteen
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It was great to chair this panel and to hear such enlightening perspectives on what remains a hugely challenging but remarkable piece of TV drama. Big thanks to @showroomcinema for making it happen 👏🏻.
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RT @makefilmhistory: Are you an emerging documentary filmmaker who loves archive film? The Make Film History Challenge offers you access to….
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RT @PM_studio: My Billy and Kes sculpture got unveiled today in Barry Hines home village of Hoyland Common. It stands across from his forme….
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RT @craigimann: Rob (@spectralfilms) and I are seeking the identity of the traffic warden in THREADS for a documentary on the film. If you….
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RT @hispersonfriday: Lovely busy screening of Kes with @DavidSForrest intro at the launch of his BFI Classics book last night at @showroomc….
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RT @UniShefAH: Really excited for this tonight! Featuring an introduction from @sheffielduni Professor @DavidSForrest, hot off the heels of….
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