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Sam Hanna (1903-96), a pioneering filmmaker from Burnley, Lancashire, was dubbed the ‘Lowry of filmmaking’ by BBC broadcaster Brian Redhead in the 1980s. The well-meant label stuck, even though it misses the variety of Hanna’s remarkable output.Hanna’s intimate glimpses into the lives of strangers enable us to imagine the possible stories that lie behind the images. Away from mid-century exponents of documentary filmmaking and photography, Hanna shows us humanity and a microcosm of a world in change, where his subjects are caught up in issues far beyond their grasp that we, as onlookers years later, encounter and see afresh. Written and curated by historian Heather Norris Nicholson, Round our way combines stills, essays and archive photography to document Hanna’s unique visual record on film, particularly in northern England, but also further afield, during decades of profound change.
Heather Norris Nicholson has a background in interdisciplinary teaching and research, including social change, tourism history, migration history, cultural identity and memory, and also indigenous documentary filmmaking in Canada.
Part IEssay 1: Sam Hanna’s life – Heather Norris NicholsonEssay 2: Amateur film/photography – Heather Norris NicholsonChronologyPart II1 Family life and private moments2 Social lives, memorable times and a sense of duty3 A teacher, filmmaker and inventor 4 The homefront and life in the 1940s 5 Tradition and rural crafts6 Friendship and growing up in a changing world7 Sporting lives 8 Out and about9 Prominence and legacy 10 Round our way 2024
'A treasure trove of England well worth exploring.'Sukhdev Sandhu, Prospect magazine'Beautifully presented and curated reference of Hanna’s legacy, which is in every sense still relevant and still serving the purposes that Hanna had intended.'Steven Foxon, Film and History 54.2 (Winter 2024)
