Mike Dibb (Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1940) is a true legend of European television documentary. He directed and produced the famous Ways of Seeing (1972), which he made together with John Berger. His career has spanned more than six decades, in which he has explored very diverse fields, including UK and US literature, Marxist thought and “filmic essays” about the two great Spanish archetypes Don Juan and Don Quijote, as well as several feature-length music documentaries ranging from Afro-Cuban music to biographies of Miles Davis and Astor Piazzolla. He has also explored concepts such as time, playing and creativity, always relying on social and collective experiences. A member of a generation of highly significant British filmmakers, Dibb redefined the TV movie genre through radical and pioneering formats and an astonishing storytelling ability. In his films he has featured public figures such as CLR James, Stuart Hall, Edward Said, Barbara Thompson, Federico García Lorca, Alicia Alonso and Raymond Williams.

The exhibition John Berger. Permanent Red presents all the television programmes that Dibb made in collaboration with Berger: Ways of Seeing (1972, 120'), Pig Earth (1979, 50'), Parting Shots From Animals (1980, 50') and About Time/Once Upon a Time (1985, 56').