Trev's 21st 1963
From the collection of
From the collection of
It's twistin' time! Wander in and celebrate Trev's 21st birthday in this fly-on-the-wall film.
It's the early 1960s and time to twist again. Join Trev and his friends as they celebrate his 21st birthday in the living room at home. Party-goers play vinyl records and perform 'the twist' dance craze. This fun film is also a snapshot of multi-cultural life in London and among the guests there are a mix of fashions from traditional saris to hip skinny ties.
Context: This film is from the collection of Redbridge Museum, Local Studies and Archives, a member of the London's Screen Archives Network.
From local news to feature film, through home movies and TV documentaries, this collection showcases South Asian Britons in front of and behind the camera. The contribution of colonial troops is illuminated through the earliest newsreels, while hardhitting current affairs programmes highlight the struggles faced in the 1960s, 1970s and beyond. Public information films produced for South Asian audiences feature alongside Hindi-language films made in Britain and interviews with prominent Asian-British figures. A bold wave of British Asian filmmaking in the 1990s is represented through early works by the likes of Gurinder Chadha and Asif Kapadia.