SADACCA F.M Screenings

The programme of films feature a combination of archival material, installation art and experimental sound and moving image work exploring Sheffield’s rich musical and social histories.

The films will be played on a loop throughout the weekend.

A Weekend in ‘84

A Weekend in ‘84 by Memory Dance is an archive activation using exclusive BBC Radio Sheffield collections to reflect on 40 years since the tumultuous coal dispute in South Yorkshire. From trade union meets, to picket line violence, pop music, Smash Hits and Sounds, A Weekend In ‘84 runs through rare tape collections from October of that year, played back in real-time in 2024. A celebration of the power and importance of local media, archives, and documentation – then and now.

Agency and Revelation

In Agency and Revelation, White Teeth responds to the latest research project from the Bantu Archive Programmes, From Soundsystem to Pirate Radio, Music from the Front Room. This installation, developed by Ella Barrett and Jashan Walton of White Teeth, explores the impact of Sheffield’s pirate radio scene. It delves into how this subculture redefined third spaces for the Black community and for the youth in the city, while also reshaping and subverting concepts of freedom, direct action, and Black entrepreneurship.

What Your Sound Can Do

What Your Sound Can Do is an experimental short film and visual poem by multidisciplinary Sheffield-based artist Ashley Holmes that continues his ongoing work and research around the genealogies of Black music to explore social histories and the politics of space. Written, edited and soundtracked by Holmes and narrated by Jamaican-British poet Danae Wellington, What Your Sound Can Do ruminates on the DIY ethos, and historical impact of soundsystems occupying public space. Consisting of 35mm film photography and warped audio recordings, Holmes brings together a range of his interests around Dub and post-war Britain, illuminating the inner workings and relationships between displacement rootedness and locality.