On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humour, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat.
STARRING
Ella Smith
Justin Salinger
Patrick Romer
Deirdre Kelly
Tony Way
Sam Gittin
Joshua Millard-Lloyd
WRITER
Richard Billingham
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Daniel Landin
SOUND
Joakim Sundström
FILM EDITING
Tracy Granger
PRODUCTION
Primitive Film
DISTRIBUTION
De Filmfreak
Richard Billingham
In 1997 he was the first recipient of the Deutsche Borse Photography Prize and the following year BBC2 broadcast his film Fishtank, (47mins) produced by Artangel and filmmaker Adam Curtis. He exhibited at the Venice Biennale 2001 and was nominated for the Turner Prize, also 2001.
FILMOGRAPHY
1998 : FISHTANK (documentary)
1998 : LIZ SMOKING (short documentary)
1998 : TONY SMOKING BACKWARDS (short documentary)
1999 : RAY IN BED (short documentary)
1999 : PLAYSTATION (short documentary)
2016 : RAY (short)
2018 : RAY AND LIZ