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The Mayor has made culture and the creative industries one of his top priorities. He has set out his policies and commitments for culture and invites all Londoners to support him in the development and delivery of his ambitions for culture in the capital.
The consultation is open until 19 June 2018.
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Documentary about women in Punk Rock with unseen footage. Directed by Martina Hall, presented by Miranda Sawyer (2014).
Stopgap Dance Company, who tour exhilarating productions with disabled & non-disabled dancers, have had their van containing their set and equipment for flagship production, The Enormous Room, stolen. They are crowdfunding to get the piece back on its feet.
John Berger and Susan Sontag speak about storytelling and about the ethics of photography in this footage from 1983.
IN CINEMAS MAY 11 2018.
Award-Winning Director of The Artist, Michel Hazanvicius presents a biographical tale of the world’s most iconic filmmaker - the revolutionary director Jean-Luc Godard.
Paris 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting La Chinoise with the woman he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, 20 years his junior. They are happy, attractive, in love. They marry. But the film’s reception unleashes a profound self-examination in Jean-Luc. The events of May ’68 will amplify this process, and the crisis that shakes the filmmaker.
Juno Mac and Molly Smith have announced their forthcoming book: 'Revolting prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights' will be published by Verso later this year.
"How the law harms sex workers—and what they want instead.
An interview with Wim Wenders on the occasion of his exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery; Exhibition dates: 20 Oct 2017 - 11 Feb 2018
video © The Photographers' Gallery, 2017; images: Courtesy of Wim Wenders Foundation ; Courtesy of Deutsches Filminstitut, Frankfurt a.M.; Courtesy Rüdiger Vogler; Wim Wenders' film excerpts Courtesy of Wim Wenders Foundation. All rights reserved.
Mariachi is a folkloric tradition as macho as it is Mexican. Eight years ago, Mireya Ramos and Shae Fiol sought to up-end convention and founded Mariachi Flor de Toloache, New York City’s first all-female mariachi band. With their bandmates Julie Acosta and Eunice Aparicio, the musicians traded in traditional mariachi skirts for homemade suits and created an empowering space for women while staying true to the music and spirit of mariachi.
Vietnamese American writer Vuong was presented with a cheque for £25,000 at the ceremony at the Wallace Collection in central London on the 15th of January) for Night Sky With Exit Wounds.
Bill Herbert, chair of the judges, described Vuong as a “significant voice” and his collection as dealing “with the aftermath of war and migration over three generations”. “It is a compellingly assured debut, the definitive arrival of a significant voice,” Herbert said.
