A slaughterman who couldn't read became a war poet at 66 — then autism rewrote everything.
Born in 1948, Peter Street struggled at school with epilepsy and illiteracy in Bolton, Lancashire, and, later in life, as a slaughterman, a gravedigger and a war poet. At 66 years old he was then diagnosed with autism, and his world changed forever.
Writing
Street's poetry cuts like the tools he once wielded.
Direction
Gregory lets silence do the heavy lifting.
Director
Brett Gregory
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Street belongs to a hidden lineage of British working-class poets — from John Clare to the 1980s miners' strike versifiers — whose art emerged from labor, not MFA programs.
The film's 40-minute runtime mirrors Street's own efficiency: decades of pain, distilled to essentials. Director Brett Gregory reportedly cut 20 hours of footage.
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