Bonnington Square

Oldham, Alistair

Abstract

Bonnington Square is right in the heart of London, just two minutes walk from the river and just ten minutes from the Houses of Parliament. In the early eighties the one hundred houses of the Square were all squatted, forming a bohemian community from all around the world. The squat had two community gardens, a cafe, a wholefood shop, a nightclub, a newsletter and even a milkbar. Although it is no longer squatted, there are still many low rent housing cooperatives, and the cafe and the gardens are still collectively run, and the Square is now a model of a modern sustainable urban community.

Screened at :
East End London Film Festival
London Documentary Festival
Diversity in Place Festival, University of Hawaii
Digital Tuesdays, Tate Library , South Lambeth Road
Edinburgh Documentary Festival
Lambeth Archives / Open Day
Branchage Film Festival, Jersey
Ekotop Festival of Sustainable Development Films, Slovakia (Award Winner)
Royal College of Art, Department of Design & Interaction
SEE Documentary Festival, Brighton (March 2012)
Globians Documentary Festival, Halle, Germany (April 2012)
Globians Documentary Festival, Schloss Ballenstedt Castle, Harz, Germany (May 2012)
Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival, Palmerston North, New Zealand (June 2012)

Citation

Oldham, A. Bonnington Square

• Digital Artefact Type: Video
• Deposit Date: Jan 10, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 22, 2016
• Keywords: Bonnington Square, squat, community housing
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/964575