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Amidst the chaos and devastating loss of the past year, our perceptions, our ways of working and the art we produce have been transformed, opening up new, creative opportunities. Will Hazell returns to our series with a beautiful, pensive and uplifting film focused on his housemate and fellow innovative artist, Fran.
Starting life as a leafleting campaign to unionise the cleaners, the film snowballed into a four-year project, resulting in a 90 minute piece that in 1975 at its time of release, baffled its subjects.
Throughout director Paul Duane’s character study of the travelling artist you'll wonder what exactly it is that you're watching. Filmed over two years of Drummond’s 12-year world tour of 12 different cities, ‘Best Before Death’ redeems itself by capturing some unexpectedly spontaneous and sincere interactions from local passersby.
‘Palestine Underground’ opens to footage of DJ Oddz’ daring ascent of the 8 metre wall standing between him and the venue he’s due to play at.
In 2017, Hull was named the UK’s City of Culture and filmmaker Sean McAllister returned in order to direct the opening ceremony and in the process find out if could have any impact on a working class city that has suffered blow after economic blow in the past few decades.
Probably the most shocking film I’ve ever seen, ‘The Act of Killing’ introduces us to the affable Anwar. As he happily introduces the filmmaker to his friends and cohorts, the real picture quickly begins to form.
Who am I? And what am I doing? These eternal questions shape the story behind our Midland’s Between The Beats film.
Drones will transform cities, revolutionising how people travel, how goods are delivered and how buildings look and are constructed.
