Jimmy’s Archive
Poplar, London, UK
“50 years ago today they landed on the moon… and I’m still waiting for that future”.
Jimmy’s Archive is a collaborative short film by anthropologist Robert Deakin and James (‘Jimmy’) Watters ā a lifelong resident of Poplar, a working-class neighbourhood in the former docklands of east London. Rebuilt according to a modernist masterplan after being heavily bombed in World War Two, today Poplar is undergoing another round of intensive redevelopment in the form of āurban regenerationā. Against this backdrop, Jimmy delves into a cupboard of carefully kept artefacts to tell stories of class, place, music and (still) waiting for the future.