Name: The Golden Temple - Olympic Regeneration of East London
Director: Stefano Croci
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-08-30
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Apostle Ben, Julian Cheyne, Sue Jackson, Osita Madu, Rosie Schiavetti

London 2012: the party everyone's invited to, except the people who actually lived there.

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Overview

Documentary

The Golden Temple - Olympic Regeneration of East London.

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Standout Aspects

Direction

Dogme 95 energy meets housing estate poetry

Writing

Iain Sinclair's narration is pure East London prophecy

Production

Shot on location during actual demolitions

Best for:Solo·Streaming·Background

Heads up:Emotional

Director

Stefano Croci

ReleasedAug 30, 2012

StatusReleased

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Iain Sinclair

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Director Enrico Masi previously documented similar displacement around Turin's 2006 Winter Olympics, making this part of an unofficial trilogy on mega-event devastation.

Insight

The 'Golden Temple' refers to a Sikh gurdwara that survived demolition — the filmmakers spent months earning trust in a community deeply skeptical of cameras after years of exploitative media coverage.