Bulli filmmaker Greg Appel has collaborated with Anne-Louise Rentell to bring together a collection of "secret tales" from Wentworth Street in Port Kembla.

The result is a half-hour radio documentary and short film to be screened at the Servo Food Truck Bar on Saturday June 22.

"It's like ugly and beautiful mixed together in a way with so many things going on and the feel of times go past," Appel said.

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The project is something he had been wanting to do for some time as he loves how the street is "aesthetically wild" with the steel works the backdrop to beautiful, old buildings.

"When I first went there and saw what the street was like, it's got this interesting look and a ghost town feel, and the people ... I think people are very attached to it and feel proud of it," Appel said.

"It's not a documentary where you go to sleep and its boring, it's fun and it's got a few layers to it."

Rentell has long been an advocate for the street having created the Where Lies Beauty website for history and anecdotes from times past. She is also developing a theatre work called Sirenson which draws from stories from the evocative suburb.

Admission to the documentary screening is free, though registrations are being taken via www.eventbrite.com.au