The Mirror’s short film celebrating the 100th birthday of Britain’s first council estate, the Becontree, will be shown at a film festival tomorrow.
A collaboration with Northern Heart Films and film students at Barking and Dagenham College, it has been nominated for two of the festival’s awards – best documentary and best local film.
Built for the working class heroes of the First World War, the Becontree was the start of a new vision for families who had spent generations in the slums.
