In the mid-1980s radical photographer Carlos Guarita gained access to a youth detention centre which was part of the 'short, sharp, shock' system introduced in 1979 by the Tory Home Secretary, Willie Whitelaw. Through a fascinating series of images this exhibition exposes the living conditions for inmates subject to the harsh, quasi-military discipline. Carlos Guarita will guide us through the exhibition at 12:30pm.
Not A BRHG Event
Making It Home Mark Rhead presents his film 'Making it Home' (67 minutes) and a photographic exhibition made in partnership with the Bellanaleck Local History Group. Making it Home is the story of eleven ex-servicemen who returned from the Great War to live and farm on Cleenish Island in Upper Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. A small exhibition of photographs of these ‘homes for heroes’ accompanies this screening. Mark Rhead will be at the screening to speak about the film, his […]
