Tag: documentary
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The first two parts of George Finlay Ramsay’s exploration of community, ritual, and the documentary’s role in mythicisation are screening as part of the Film London Jarman Award 2025 shortlist. Beginning somewhat on the nose, one slowly realises that Flesh, Wax and Glass Pt I & II is investigating more than just a blood-letting ritual.…
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Between 1970 and 1972, a group of filmmakers (Richard Mordaunt, Mary, Kelly, Marc Karlin, Humphry Trevelyan and James Scott) working under the moniker Berwick Street Film Collective filmed women who spent nights cleaning the office buildings around London. This November, to mark the 50th anniversary of Nightcleaners, LUX are sharing the film online until the…
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Land Cinema, Becca Voelker’s season curated in tandem with her upcoming book, is playing at Barbican until the end of November. Land Cinema ‘unearths an enduring green counter culture,’ screening everything from political documentaries to the experimental shorts of celebrated artist Ana Vaz. The programme attempts to capture the essence of “land cinema,” the title…
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Until the end of this month, the latest multi-screen installation project from filmmaker Naeem Mohaiemen, Through a Mirror, Darkly, plays at Albany House in Westminster, an old office building deep in the administrative centre of the UK. The building is opposite the Ministry of Justice, and used to house the British Transport Building. But this…
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London Palestine Film Festival, which will return to the capital later next month, has released its programme. While geographically centred on the land of Palestine, the programme takes us through melancholic, didactic, comedic, and, most of all, thought-provoking films that bridge the over 2000-mile gap to London. Through these many methods, the films tackle the…
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Amidst plans to strip down Gaza to rebuild a ‘Gaza Riviera‘, Sepideh Farsi’s documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk strips down the lies entrenched in mainstream media about the war to rebuild a new, more constructive form of communication with Palestinians. Pivotal in all this, from the ‘Gaza Rivieria’ to recent investigations…
