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, 19 April 2025. 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 (CrispyEast). 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, Alison Kerlogue, Andrew Cahn, Angie Gillingham, Anne Mansbridge, Bill Gifford, Cecelia Waldenstrom, Clare Waghorn, Danny McCulloch, David Gosling, Diana Cornish, Fenela Smith, Fiona Kerlogue, Hermione Kofi, Howard Reid, Hugh Routh, Jenny Poole, Jill Warrick, Jo Stewart, John Batstone, John Romano, Jolyon Goodman, Jonathan Hyman, Jonathan Miller, Joyce Caiger-Smith, Julia Wake, Ka Ho Wong, Karen Bulmer, Katy Chapman, Katy Trueman, Krip Rojanastein, Laurie Goldsmith, Llonka Guedez, Martin Handley, Mary Hollingsworth, Matthew Westmore, Michael Hurrell, Michael Murricane, Nicola Charles, Nigel Horsefield, Nigel Kershaw, Patricia Duncker, Quentin Courtney, Robert Crisp, Robert Hunter, Robin Lodge, Roger Parris, Roland Long, Ruth Hawkins, Sally Champion, Sally Henry, Sally Lodge, Sapho Durrell, Sarah Jackson, Simon Cadell, Simon Hill, Stephanie, Sue Chawner, Tim Laughlin, Tomás Graves, Tony Reid, Tricia East, Vera Asher, 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. 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