I Am Martin Parr

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I Am Martin Parr

Friday 21 March 2025 - Thursday 27 March 2025

Cinema

I Am Martin Parr. One of the most controversial photographers of my time.

Martin Parr’s images often have the power to both amuse and leave us ever so slightly uncomfortable, caught between laughter and the uneasy recognition of ourselves in his uncompromising portrait of consumer society.

Though he’s now celebrated, collected and exhibited worldwide, Parr’s early work did not find an easy public and was highly criticized for trivializing the working class.

Yet, in retrospect, perhaps he was just observing what we often overlook – forcing it into the spotlight as an essential topic of discussion.

I Am Martin Parr is the definitive portrait of an extraordinary photographer who revolutionized contemporary photography by inventing a political, humanist and accessible photographic language.

‘Valuable documentary on the vigilant genius whose highly coloured 70s and 80s images revealed the white working class as never before’ – The Guardian ★★★★☆

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Certificate: 12A

Length: 83 minutes

Director: Lee Shulman

Cast: Martin Parr

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Dates and times

Friday 21 March 2025 | 2:00 pm

Sunday 23 March 2025 | 11:00 am

Wednesday 26 March 2025 | 11:00 am

Thursday 27 March 2025 | 5:10 pm

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