One of the first independent film workshops in the UK, Four Corners was founded by four film students - Joanna Davis, Mary Pat Leece, Ron Peck and Wilf Thust. In 1975, they created their ‘cinema-workshop’ on Roman Road in East London, a space for film screenings, discussions and community workshops. Their films included the groundbreaking, openly gay film Nighthawks (Ron Peck/Paul Hallam, 1978), the feminist documentary Bred and Born (Jo Davis/Mary-Pat Leece, 1983), and A Kind of English (Ruhul Amin, 1986), the first British Bengali feature film. 

Today, Four Corners offers vital creative space for artists, filmmakers, and local communities to explore socially engaged image making that champions progressive change. 

Histories: A Brief History of Four Corners  Four Corners' Young People Cinema Workshop