TRUE ROMANCE ETC (1982)
Hackney teenagers - black, white, gay and straight - talk sex, love, gender expectations, relationships, peer pressure and marriage in this compelling drama-documentary with a powerful post-punk and ska soundtrack. Set at a drunken party in Hackney, it can't fail to fascinate anyone who grew up in the early 1980s.
The party central to this film by the Newsreel Collective was scripted out of improvisations with the cast. The film was originally made for schools, colleges, youth clubs and women's and men's groups, and will surely resonate with all those 80s children's television viewers who were somewhat bemused that the kids never used swear words at Grange Hill. Another film by the collective, Divide and Rule - Never! is also available through the scheme.
Directors: The Newsreel Collective
Duration: 33 minutes
Suggested credit: True Romance etc (1982) © The British Film Institute