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BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: There’s Another Country

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: There's Another Country

Black Tiger Productions presents
THERE’S ANOTHER COUNTRY
A film by Martin Nichols (+Q&A)

“Climb aboard a Robin Reliant & join my dad & me, W. Shakespeare & Dr Freud on a mission to save the UK from itself – in Super 8!”

BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL: There's Another Country

A screening combined with a Q&A of a new movie by local filmmaker Martin Nichols. This deeply personal film looks at post-Brexit UK through the eyes of Martin’s father, Evan. He was a private in World War Two and enthusiastically voted for the transformational 1945 Labour government – a government that gave us the NHS, decent social housing and so much more. THERE’S ANOTHER COUNTRY asks a very simple question: what would Evan make of his country today?

Nichols’ multi-genre film uses both found and newly shot Super 8 footage – which replicates the visual ‘look’ of the post-war consensus. It weaves two huge social upheavals together: our present-day experience of the pandemic and his parents’ generation’s suffering in the war. In seeking to understand the roots of both his own family’s breakdown as well as recent political storms in the nation as a whole, THERE’S ANOTHER COUNTRY finally travels back in time to revisit Evan’s home town Senghenydd in South Wales. This was the site in 1913 of the biggest – and almost entirely forgotten – industrial disaster ever to happen in the UK.

What are the ghosts that haunt us? And how can we exorcise them? Can we find the confidence to build another country again, just as the Attlee government started to do in 1945? There will be a discussion after the screening in which we can hopefully sort everything out…

“Fantastic, a really clever collage of the personal and political, and the parallel narrative threads ran deep and hit home hard. An important and highly original film.” (Melita Dennett, Radio Reverb)

TICKETS REQUIRED
£10
2 Performances:

  • Wed 17th May 19:30-21:45
  • Fri 19th May 19:30-21:45

There will be a short intermission between the film screening and the Q&A.

Unallocated seating
Tickets available from the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

SUITABLE FOR AGES 12+

  • ABOUT THE VENUE:
    This show will take place in the Conclave Events Space, located in the basement of CONCLAVE GALLERY, 9 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA.
    NB. The space is accessed via the gallery, and then down a flight of 14 stairs; there is no lift available, sorry!

Deck the Halls: DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS Film Screening

Deck the Halls: DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS Film Screening

Part of Conclave’s special week of events for DECK THE HALLS celebrating the archetypal symbol of urban street and youth culture: THE SKATEBOARD.

Alongside a group show from local artists showing their original artworks created on the humble skateboard deck, we are screening the full-length feature film DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS


ABOUT THE FILM:
Dogtown and Z-Boys is a 2001 documentary film directed by Stacy Peralta. The documentary explores the pioneering Zephyr skateboard team in the 1970s (of which Peralta was a member) and the evolving sport of skateboarding. Using a mix of film shot in the 1970s by Craig Stecyk of the Zephyr skateboard team (the Z-Boys of the title) alongside contemporary interviews, the documentary tells the story of a group of teenage surfer/skateboarders and their influence on the history of skateboarding culture.

Narrated by Sean Penn, the film begins with the history of skateboarding in Southern California and how it was strongly influenced by the surf culture in the surrounding areas of Santa Monica and Venice; an area nicknamed Dogtown. Surf shop owners Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom, and Craig Stecyk established the Zephyr Skateboard Team with local teenagers from broken homes. The sport of skateboarding continued to evolve as the Z-Boys introduced moves influenced by surfing. During one of California’s record-breaking droughts, local backyard pools were emptied and became hotspots for these young skateboarders looking for places to skateboard.

Beautifully filmed and edited, DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS won 7 awards, including Best Director and Audience Choice at The Sundance Film Festival in 2001 (and was nominated for a further 6) so this really is a cinematic treat to catch up on!

 

Running time: 91 minutes
BBFC Rating: 15 (suitable for audiences aged 15 years and over)

Friday 9th December, 18:30-21:30

ENTRY IS FREE BUT SPACES ARE STRICTLY LIMITED

You can reserve a space by booking a ticket via Eventbrite here, however after 7pm, all seats and spaces will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis (so please arrive early to avoid disappointment!)

Friday 9th December 2022:

  • Doors: 18:30
  • Film: 19:45-21.30
  • Venue & Bar closes: 22:00

Age Restriction:
15 and over (under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult)

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