Films and film clips. In date order, most recent first.
Moon River
2025
Delightful semi impromptu performance of moon river by Mike Hatchard on piano with members of a choir created for a tribute concert for Herbie Flowers. In the Stables Theatre gallery, Hastings. Film by Agness Photos. Singers: Agness Clark, Gill Potterton, Jane Freund, Kelly Thompson, Mike Hatchard, Nick Wates. 3 minutes 26 seconds.
Back to Bedales
2019
Film made from still photos and memorabilia of the Class of 1969 at Bedales School, Hampshire. Produced by Robert Crisp and Tricia East. Photos by Bedales Records, Hugh Routh, John Romano, Kathy Cabot, Laurie Goldsmith, Mary Hollingsworth, Nick Wates, Patricia East. Music by Circulation – Tank Tracks (1969), Bedales Orchestra (1967), Brahms horn trio (1969). Featured or glimpsed: Adam Raven, Andrew Cahn, Angie Gillingham, Anne Mansbridge, Bill Gifford, Cecelia Waldenstrom, Clare Waghorn, Danny McCulloch, Diana Cornish, Fenela Smith, Howard Reid, Hugh Routh, Jenny Poole, Jill Warrick, Jo Stewart, John Romano, Jolyon Goodman, Jonathan Miller, Joyce Cager Smith, Julia Wake, Karen Bulmer, Katy Chapman, Katy Truman, Krip Rojanastein, Laurie Goldsmith, Martin Handley, Mary Hollingsworth, Matthew Westmore, Michael Hurrell, Michael Murricane, Nicola Charles, Nigel Horsefield, Nigel Kershaw, Patsy Dunker, Quentin Courtney, Robert Crisp, Roland Long, Ruth Hawkins, Sally Henry, Sally Lodge, Simon Cadell, Simon Hill, Sue Chawner, Thea Evans, Tim Laughlin, Tomas Graves, Tony Reid, Tricia East, William Agnew. 13 minutes.
Masterclass on community planning
2011
Footage of a masterclass held in the Creative Media Centre, Hastings on 26 October 2011, including a mock up of a Have Your Say consultation event. Part of a programme of support for neighbourhood planning by the Building Community Consortium managed by Locality. Filmed by Keith Gillies. Facilitators: Nick Wates and Jane Freund. Participants: Alan Calhoun (RSA Fellowship Network), Ambrose O’Boyle (Hastings & Rother Rainbow Alliance), Bob Hart (Bohemia Walled Garden Association), Graham Hodgson (Hastings Happy Crew), Jane Dodson (Hastings Borough Council), Jane Wright (St Andrews Square Residents Association), Janette Gallini (Gensing and Central St Leonards Forum) John FC Turner (Hastings Trust), Judy Dewsbery (A Walk of Art), Kevin Carias (Hastings Trust), Nadine West (Hastings & Rother Rainbow Alliance), Patrick Glass (Pestalozzi), Paul Crosland (St Leonards Sharing), Penny Precious ( ARCH). 18 minutes.
Tolmers: beginning or end?
1975
“…a telling, angry ‘World in Action’ – type …programme (which) did credit to the concerned and imaginative involvement with common life which is the best vestige of the now superannuated Youth Culture.” Clive James, Sunday Observer, 25 May 1975. A classic period documentary depicting a fight by local residents, small businesses and squatters in central London to stop their neighbourhood being destroyed by property speculators. Shown twice on BBC 2 TV. Directed by Philip Clayton Thompson, Blackstone Edge Studios. Camera work Neils Hamberg and Philip Clayton Thompson. Film editing Alan Bonnin. Written by Nick Wates. Original music by Colin E. Cowles. 32 minutes