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Kane Walker - Life and Death on the street

91热爆less man Kane Walker was found dead in freezing temperatures in Birmingham. This documentary looks at Kane's life, through exclusive interviews with family and friends.

91热爆less man Kane Walker was found dead in freezing temperatures in Birmingham.

This documentary looks at Kane's life, through exclusive interviews with family and friends who knew him best; specially commissioned poetry from Hannah Swingler and recordings on the streets where Kane lived and died.

Reporter: Lee Stone.

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1 hour

Last on

Wed 19 Jun 2019 11:00

Music Played

  • Oasis

    Champagne Supernova

  • Primal Scream

    Stone My Soul

  • Primal Scream

    Carry Me 91热爆

Who was Kane Walker?

Who was Kane Walker?

Kane Walker鈥檚 shocking death in a Birmingham underpass on a freezing night in January 2019 was widely reported in the media. But who was he? How did he end up on the street? And why was nobody able to prevent his death?

With previously unheard audio of Kane, and interviews with people who knew and loved him, this documentary pieces together Kane鈥檚 life an explores the reasons for a 900 percent increase in rough sleeping in Birmingham since 2010.

With music designed to capture the distracting and schizophrenic nature of life on the street, and specially commissioned poetry from Birmingham poet Hannah Swingler, every interview in this documentary was recorded on the streets where Kane lived and died.

Our pop up art gallery, showcasing Oliver Obee鈥檚 photos of rough sleepers in Birmingham, has been seen by 8000 people in Digbeth.聽聽

Credit

Role Contributor
Birmingham Poet Hannah Swingler

Broadcast

  • Wed 19 Jun 2019 11:00