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2014 Academy Award Winning Director Alex Gibney returns to UK screens with Finding Fela: the story of the man who created the musical movement Afrobeat and then went on to use it as a form of political protest against the Nigerian dictatorship, becoming a revolutionary, hero and legend.
From the Bureau-B label comes a new album from Camera - a band that likes nothing less than blurbs. No introductions then, have a listen instead!
Remember I Was Carbon Dioxide is out on September 12th.
Here's what they have to say about where they hope to go: We started Bad Breeding because of a lack of creative opportunities where we live. We’re all born inside a rather tatty commuter belt where you’re the product of either an aspiring middle class, or a working class who are usually left floating in the margins. As a result, we find ourselves on the end of extortionate train prices because of privatised networks.
This September, Guardian Cities will be collaborating with the Barbican Centre in London on City Visions, a season of films, talks and debates, exploring the ways in which cinema has engaged with the phenomenon of the modern city and the experience of urban life.
London Fields Free Film Festival is being planned for 17-27 October 2014.
The festival would love to hear from existing film societies or clubs who might like to be part of the festival, or from volunteers who are interested in getting involved.
A portrait of Michael White, the enfant terrible of London’s theatre-land in the 70’s, the man responsible for introducing Yoko Ono, Merce Cunningham and Pina Bausch to the international audiences. He challenged censorship with his hit erotic revue Oh! Calcutta!, struck gold with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and A Corus Line and produced Monty Python and the Holy Grail, My Dinner with Andre, and John Waters’ Polyester.
Shunt's latest work at a new summer venue at Greenwich Peninsula in London!
In this new project, commissioned by The Jetty, Shunt are creating a temporary space out of shipping containers, into which 30 people disappear every 10 minutes and are spat out 45 minutes later.
Check out the trailer and then for more gentle teasers read our Q&A with Shunt co-founder David Rosenberg.
