Tish

Tish (2023)

A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable to escape the poverty and inequality she exposed.

Date of release
2023-11-17
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Paul Sng

Casting

Interesting facts

Tish is a British 2023 documentary film directed by Paul Sng. The film details the life and work of Newcastle social documentary photographer Tish Murtha. The film was critically acclaimed.

Production

Her daughter Ella Murtha is custodian of her comprehensive archive of photographs, correspondence and other material and was involved in promoting her work through exhibitions and monographs of her work. Director Paul Sng was involved in editing two books of social documentary photography; Invisible Britain: Portrait of Hope and Resilience in 2018 and The Separated Isle: Invisible Britain in 2021 and Ella Murtha wrote a blurb for him.

The film features interviews with Ella and her family members, friends, mentors and photography contemporaries such as David Hurn and Chris Killip. There was no contemporary film footage of Murtha available, so the film features extensive use of Murtha's correspondence and writing, read by actress Maxine Peake. The film features recreations of Murtha working in her dark room, which was filmed in a disused Marks & Spencers shop in Darlington.

The film was part crowdfunded through a Kickstarter campaign, with £45,000 raised from 850 contributors

and £75,000 of support from Screen Scotland in association with BBC England and BBC Arts. Support was also provided from the BFI Doc Society Fund.

The film premiered, opening the Sheffield documentary festival on 14 June 2023, and went on general release in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2023.

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