Screening on Friday 22nd March at The Wynd Centre (Paisley) as part of our Spring Film Exhibition programme.

Join Refractive for a screening of documentary feature film, Tish by Paul Sng (Director), at The Wynd Centre, Paisley. The film screening will take place on Friday 22nd March 2024, book a ticket for only £5 below!

The screening of Tish will be accompanied by a local photography exhibition and a Q&A.

Doors open 6.30pm for exhibition,  film screening 7.30pm & Q&A afterwards.

For more film information and to watch the trailer for Tish, please see below.

[Please note, Refractive have classified this film as a 15. As such, it is advised that people under 15 should not book a ticket to see this film.]

Documentary | 90 minutes | Refractive classification 15

DIRECTOR: Paul Sng 
PRODUCER: Jen Corcoran 
NARRATED BY: Maxine Peake 
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom 

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. 

Synopsis Driven by a commitment to document the impact of deindustrialisation on working class communities in Northeast England in the 1970s and 1980s, Tish Murtha used her camera to expose societal inequality. She felt she had an obligation to the people and problems within her local environment, and that documentary photography could highlight and challenge the social disadvantages that she herself had suffered. However, despite early acclaim for her work, she was unable to make a living from photography and died in poverty.