April 21, 2005
Mayday
Sunday 1st May
doors 7.30pm
entry £7 / £5 members / concessions
Murri and Free Cinema Seven present: Mayday Films: Protests and Carnivals
An evening of film celebrating international labour day, and Beltane, and the rest.
Programme includes:
Kino-Pravda 21
Dir. Dziga Vertov 1925, 23mins
Russian Communist Leader, Lenin, is dead. And on his jacket it says 'Mayday Forever'.
Oss Oss Wee Oss
Dir. Alan Lomax and Peter Kennedy 1953, 16mins
A 'sexy, savage, spring time rite' from Padstow, Cornwall. Plus, the music totally destroys.
Territories
Dir. Isaac Julien 1984, 25mins
Territories considers the images of Carnival, Black diaspora in Britain and the 1976 Notting Hill Gate riots.
The Flora Faddy Furry Dance Day
Dir. Richard Philpott 1989, 10mins
Helston's Mayday celebration and its pre-Christian, Beltane roots.
posted by James on April 21, 2005 01:08 PM