Foyle Film Festival intercultural & Anti-Racism Festival 2017

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FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL

MONDAY 13 - FRIDAY 24 MARCH 2017

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COST & BOOKING FESTIVAL EDUCATION OFFICE

SCHOOL EVENTS

Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Derry~Londonderry, BT48 6HJ

Brunswick Moviebowl: £2 School-based Outreach Screenings: £1 School-based Outreach Workshops: £3

To book an educational screening, workshop or event please complete the enclosed booking form and either post, email or fax it to the Education Co-ordinator: Christopher Morrison Tel: 028 7137 3456 / 028 7126 0562 Fax: 028 7137 1738 Email: c.morrison@nervecentre.org www.nervecentre.org Facebook.com/nervecentre.org @nerve_centre To maximise participation in this important educational programme, there is a nominal charge only for all events.

NO CHARGE FOR TEACHERS TRAVEL SUPPORT Foyle Film Festival can provide bus or travel assistance for schools booking large numbers for Brunswick Moviebowl screenings (at least 100 places), or for those travelling a long distance to attend events. However, this offer is limited and will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.

PUBLIC SCREENINGS BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL: £5 NERVE CENTRE: £3 Foyle Film Festival’s Intercultural & Anti-Racism Programme is funded by the Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen.

Venue Partner is Brunswick Moviebowl.

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WELCOME DIFFERENT BUT EQUAL Foyle Film Festival’s 12th annual Intercultural & Anti Racism Programme takes place from Monday 13 - Friday 24 March 2017. For over a decade now this important educational event offers primary, post-primary schools, colleges, community groups, and the general public, a programme of international films, workshops and outreach screenings, exploring the themes and issues involved.

This annual event is aimed at raising awareness around issues such as racism, discrimination and harassment – including racist bullying. The objectives of this diverse programme are to broaden children’s and young people’s cultural awareness, literacy skills and cine-literacy abilities.

The long-term objectives and outcomes of the Intercultural & Anti-Racism Programme are to promote tolerance and inclusion.

Highlights of this year’s programme include special screenings of The Lego Batman Movie, Moana, Finding Dory and Sing.

The post-primary programme features two critically acclaimed films based on real life events. Hidden Figures is a celebration of breaking barriers whether it’s the limits imposed by society based on the colour of one’s skin or one’s gender or the limits of our atmosphere. While Loving follows Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple who in 1958 were arrested for violating Virginia’s anti-miscegenation statute by marrying at a time when the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which prohibited marriage between people classified as ‘white’ and people classified as ‘coloured’, was in place.

The Nerve Centre’s Creative Learning Centre team brings the Intercultural & Anti-Racism Programme into schools giving students a unique opportunity to use fun ICT skills in the classroom in order to explore this year’s festival themes.

Special public screenings at Brunswick Moviebowl include I Am Not Your Negro, Indignation and Lady MacBeth.

Bernie McLaughlin, Director

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MONDAY 20 MARCH @ 10AM

THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1 & 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY THEMES: HEROES & VILLAINS / WORKING TOGETHER / RESPONSIBILITY Denmark/USA.2017. Director: Chris McKay. Cast: Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Zack Galifianakis, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes. Duration: 1hr.45mins. Cert: U. Distributor: Warner Bros Everything is not only awesome but superawesome as the Lego version of DC Comics’ greatest hero (in his opinion) swings into action to save Gotham City from The Joker and his latest army of mega-villains. Again. This time, however, Batman finds his one-man, two-ego operation compromised by a feisty new police commissioner and some orphan kid who is desperate to become his sidekick. Maintaining The Lego Movie standards of energy, anarchy, wit and imagination – whilst poking fun at every sci-fi and fantasy franchise between Mordor and The Matrix – this is another wonderfully constructive exercise.

“The animation is breathtaking and epic in scale.

Some of these effects are so good they rival the live-action superhero flicks. Coupled with an intense score from Lorne Balfe, director Chris McKay has crafted a kid’s film that feels like a true blockbuster.”

Kat Hughes, The Hollywood News “A great Batman movie, a great superhero movie…”

MaryAnn Johanson, flickfilosopher.com

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TUESDAY 21 MARCH @ 10.30AM

MOANA VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1 & 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / HISTORY / LANGUAGE & LITERACY THEMES: IDENTITY / ANCESTRY / FAITH / CULTURE / TRAVEL & ADVENTURE / HEROISM / SELF-DISCOVERY / TEAMWORK / FRIENDSHIP USA.2016. Duration: 1hr.43mins. Cert: PG Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Ireland For centuries, the greatest sailors in the world masterfully navigated the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, 3,000 years ago,their voyages stopped for a millennium and no one knows exactly why.

From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes MOANA, a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous teenager who is inspired to leave the safety and security of her island on a daring journey to save her people. Inexplicably drawn to the ocean, Moana (voice of Auliʻi Cravalho) convinces the mighty demigod Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson) to join her mission, 6

and he reluctantly helps her become a wayfinder like her ancestors who sailed before her. Together, they voyage across the open ocean on an actionpacked adventure, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfills her quest and discovers the one thing she’s always sought: her own identity.

Directed by the renowned filmmaking team of Ron Clements and John Musker (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Princess & The Frog), produced by Osnat Shurer (Lifted, One Man Band), and featuring music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa‘i.

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WEDNESDAY 22 MARCH @ 10AM

FINDING DORY VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1 & 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / LANGUAGE & LITERACY THEMES: FAMILY / LOSS / FRIENDSHIP / TRAVEL & ADVENTURE / CONSERVATION USA.2016. Duration: 1hr.37mins. Cert: U Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Ireland

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Disney•Pixar’s FINDING DORY welcomes back to the big screen everyone’s favourite forgetful blue tang Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres), who’s living happily in the reef with Marlin (voice of Albert Brooks) and Nemo (voice of Hayden Rolence). When Dory suddenly remembers that she has a family out there who may be looking for her, the trio takes off on a life-changing adventure across the ocean to California’s prestigious Marine Life Institute, a rehabilitation center and aquarium.

In an effort to find her mom (voice of Diane Keaton) and dad (voice of Eugene Levy), Dory enlists the help of three of the MLI’s most intriguing residents: Hank (voice of Ed O’Neill),

a cantankerous octopus who frequently gives employees the slip; Bailey (voice of Ty Burrell), a beluga whale who is convinced his biological sonar skills are on the fritz; and Destiny (voice of Kaitlin Olson), a near sighted whale shark. Deftly navigating the complex inner workings of the MLI, Dory and her friends discover the magic within their flaws, friendships and family.

Directed by Andrew Stanton (FINDING NEMO, WALL•E), co-directed by Angus MacLane (TOY STORY OF TERROR!), and produced by Lindsey Collins (co-producer WALL•E).

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THURSDAY 23 MARCH @ 10AM

SING

VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1 & 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / MUSIC / LANGUAGE & LITERACY THEMES: SELF-DISCOVERY / SELF-ESTEEM / SELF-EXPRESSION / FOLLOWING YOUR DREAMS USA.2016. Directors: Christophe Lourdelet, Garth Jennings. Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton. Duration: 1hr.48mins. Cert: U. Distributor: Universal Pictures International (UPI) Think Zootropolis meets The X-Factor as Buster Moon, the Koala, in this all-animal world tries to revive his once successful theatre with a big-money singing competition. With stars (and dollar signs) in their eyes, the aspiring talents are soon queuing round the block, including a porky housewife, a teenage rock-upine, a gorilla getaway driver, and a mouse with a Sinatra complex. Unfortunately, they may change their tune when they find out that the prize isn’t as substantial as has been advertised.

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Nominated for two Golden Globes.

“Questions of self-esteem, parental pressure and troubled relationships means these assorted creatures face very human problems… Its upbeat mood and ample laughter lends this appeal across the generations, but when it sings, it really soars.”

Trevor Johnston, Radio Times “Sing is undeniably a crowd-pleaser – an almost sure-fire guarantee for an optimistic movie about a bunch of down-on-their-luck losers following their dreams, finding themselves, and triumphing.”

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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PRIMARY OUTREACH FILM PROGRAMME Book any of the following educational packages to screen in the classroom. No need to organise buses, just choose a date and time between Monday 20 and Friday 24 March. After-school screenings can also be accommodated.

There is a minimum booking of 50 places required for outreach screenings (although exceptions may be made at the organiser’s discretion).

Please Note: Schools booking outreach packages must ensure that the hall or classroom in which the screening will take place has blackout facilities in order to provide the best viewing conditions for pupils. The Foyle Film Festival will provide the technician and all other equipment necessary.

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

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SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1 & 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: LANGUAGE & LITERACY / PDMU / WAU / CITIZENSHIP / LEARNING FOR LIFE & WORK THEMES: FAMILY / FRIENDSHIP / TEAM WORK / TRAVEL / ADVENTURE

USA.2016. Director: Travis Knight. Cast: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Rooney Mara.

Duration: 1hr.41mins. Cert: PG Kubo (Art Parkinson) is a young Japanese boy who makes a living for himself and his mother by telling tales to the local townsfolk. His simple existence is thrown into turmoil when some shady figures from his past, namely his evil aunts and grandfather, re-enter his life, pushing him to embark on a sacred quest. In order to save himself and his town, Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour that belonged to his late father. Aided by Monkey (Chalize Theron) and Beetle (Matthew McConaughey), Kubo faces many challenges as he seeks to finish his mission.

Winner of the BAFTA for Best Animated Feature Film Nominated for two Oscars®

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TROLLS SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1 & 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / LANGUAGE & LITERACY THEMES: FRIENDSHIP / WORKING TOGETHER / TRAVEL & ADVENTURE USA.2016. Directors: Walt Dohrn, Mike Mitchell.

Cast: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel. Duration: 1hr.32mins. Cert: U From the creators of Shrek comes Trolls.

Enter a colourful, wondrous world populated by hilariously unforgettable characters and discover the story of the overly optimistic Trolls, with a constant song on their lips, and the comically pessimistic Bergens, who are only happy when they have trolls in their stomach.

Nominated for an Oscar®

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SHORT FILM DOUBLE BILL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1 & 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / COMMUNICATION THEMES: FAMILY / FRIENDSHIP / NATURE / TRAVEL & ADVENTURE / KINDNESS

WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT

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ROOM ON THE BROOM

UK.2016. Directors: Joanna Harrison, Robin Shaw. Cast: Elsie Cavalier, Olivia Colman, Pam Ferris. Duration: 30mins. Cert: U

UK.2012. Directors: Jan Lachauer, Max Lang.

Cast: Simon Pegg, Gillian Anderson, Rob Brydon. Duration: 25mins. Cert: U

Based on the children’s book by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, the story follows the adventures of a family who one day decide to go on an expedition to find bears. Working together, they battle their way through freezing snowstorms, sticky mud and dense forests as they set out on their quest. But when two of the gang become detached from the group it looks like hunting for bears may not be such good fun after all.

Room on the Broom is a magical tale about friendship and family from best selling author, and Children’s Laureate, Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler. A story about a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom, much to the frustration of her cat. The gang ultimately saves the witch from a fearsome dragon, and in gratitude she rewards them with a magnificent new broom, which has room for everyone.

From the creators of the hugely successful The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child films.

Nominated for an Oscar®

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PRIMARY OUTREACH WORKSHOPS Schools can book the following twohour hands-on workshops on any school day any day from Monday 20 April to Friday 24 March.

We’ll bring these exciting digital workshops, and the magic of the movies, right into the classroom.

ANIMATING DORY VENUE: SCHOOL BASED OUTREACH SUITABLE FOR: YEARS 4–7 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / THE ARTS / UICT / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / MN THEMES: USING YOUR IMAGINATION TO CREATE AND TELL A STORY / FRIENDSHIP / ADVENTURE / WORKING TOGETHER / HELPING OTHERS DURATION: 2HRS MAXIMUM PLACES AVAILABLE: 30 Pupils will have the chance to work as part of a team to create a 2D animation sequence.

Using the Disney film Finding Dory pupils will collaborate using characters from the film to help Dory on her journey while identifying cultural and personal differences. They will use iPads, animation, green screen technology and editing software to tell their story.

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ANIMATING BATMAN VENUE: SCHOOL BASED OUTREACH SUITABLE FOR: YEARS 4–7 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / THE ARTS / UICT / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / MN THEMES: USING YOUR IMAGINATION TO CREATE AND TELL A STORY / RACISM / DISCRIMINATION / FRIENDSHIP / ADVENTURE / HEROISM DURATION: 2HRS MAXIMUM PLACES AVAILABLE: 30 Participants will use Warner Bros. The Lego Batman Movie as inspiration to create a collaborative stop-motion animated film that also combines elements of green screen technology and audio to tell their narrative. Pupils will look at issues such as racism and discrimination throughout their animation, illustrating how Batman battles against evil.

SOUND AND VISION WITH MOANA VENUE: SCHOOL BASED OUTREACH SUITABLE FOR: YEARS 4–7 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / THE ARTS / UICT / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / MN THEMES: CREATING A MOOD AND EXPRESSING EMOTIONS / RACISM / DISCRIMINATION / FRIENDSHIP / ADVENTURE / HEROISM / CONSERVATION DURATION: 2HRS MAXIMUM PLACES AVAILABLE: 30 Pupils will work together to make an alternative soundtrack to a sequence from the animation Moana. Through exploring the concept of a soundtrack, the pupils will replace the initial audio track which will in turn change the pace and feeling of the sequence. Using iPads, pupils will employ foley, audio loops and software instruments to create their own emotional soundtrack.

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TUESDAY 21 MARCH @ 10AM

HIDDEN FIGURES

VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 3, 4 & SIXTH FORM AREAS OF LEARNING: HISTORY / POLITICS / PDMU / WAU / MATHEMATICS / HUMAN RIGHTS / CITIZENSHIP THEMES: RACISM / DESCRIMINATION / PREJUDICE / WOMEN’S RIGHTS / INJUSTICE / INEQUALITY / AMBITION / TRAVEL & ADVENTURE / SPACE EXPLORATION / HEROISM USA.2016. Director: Theodore Melfi. Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali. Duration: 2hrs.7mins. Cert: PG. Distributor: 20TH Century Fox Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer), Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) and Katherine Johnson (Taraji P Henson) faced the double hurdles of being female and African American. Each, however, possessed a mathematical talent that really made her stand out, and in the pre-computer age, that’s something NASA was desperate to find. Brought on board to function as ‘human computers’, sitting in the basement checking sheet after sheet of figures, they were part of the industrial machine behind the making of heroes, the low wages they could command making the project easier to finance. But a woman who knows she’s extraordinary is hard to keep down, and right from the start of Theodore Melfi’s film, we see them celebrating that.

Based on actual people and events, Hidden Figures is a celebration of breaking barriers. Whether

it’s the limits imposed by society based on the colour of one’s skin or one’s gender or the limits of our atmosphere. Launching a man into space, orbiting the Earth and bringing him back again was a monumental accomplishment. So were Johnson, Vaughn and Jackson breaking through the plate glass window at NASA? Too often we are shown that history was built by white men, as if everyone else just stood back and watched. Films like Hidden Figures prove that this is not true and that is important.

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FRIDAY 24 MARCH @ 10AM

LOVING

VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 3 (YEARS 9 & 10), KS4 & SIXTH FORM AREAS OF LEARNING: HISTORY / POLITICS / PDMU / WAU / HUMAN RIGHTS / GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP THEMES: RACISM / DESCRIMINATION / INTER-RACIAL MARRIAGE / INJUSTICE / PREJUDICE / INEQUALITY / HEROISM UK/USA.2016. Director: Jeff Nichols. Cast: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton. Duration: 2hrs.3mins.

Cert: 12A. Distributor: Universal Pictures International (UPI) Based on true events, the film follows Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple who in 1958 were arrested for violating Virginia’s anti-miscegenation statute by marrying in a ceremony conducted outside of their home state in Washington D.C. At that time, the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which prohibited marriage between people classified as ‘white’ and people classified as ‘coloured’, was in place and the couple were sentenced to prison time. With their one-year sentence suspended for 25 years, the Lovings were forced to either dissolve the marriage or move out of Virigina, not able to return otherwise their sentence would be enforced.

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Choosing the former, and following a number of years raising their three children in the cityscape of Washington, a situation that neither of them wanted, the two seek legal help to appeal their original conviction and change constitutional law allowing mixed-race couples to marry, and ultimately to allow them to return to their family and the rural home they loved.

Nominated for an Oscar® “There are few movies that speak to the American moment as movingly – and with as much idealism – as Jeff Nichols’s Loving…”

Manhola Dargis, New York Times

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POSTPRIMARY OUTREACH FILM PROGRAMME Book any of the following educational packages to screen in the classroom.

No need to organise buses, just choose a date and time between Monday 20 and Friday 24 March.

After school screenings can also be accommodated.

There is a minimum booking of 50 places required for outreach screenings (although exceptions may be made at the organiser’s discretion).

Please Note: Schools booking Outreach Packages must ensure that the hall or classroom in which the screening will take place has blackout facilities in order to provide the best viewing conditions for pupils. The Foyle Film Festival will provide the technician and all other equipment necessary.

A UNITED KINGDOM

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VENUE: SCHOOL BASED OUTREACH SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 3, 4 & SIXTH FORM AREAS OF LEARNING: HISTORY / POLITICS / GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP / PDMU / WAU THEMES: RACISM / COLONIALISM / DESCRIMINATION / PREJUDICE / INJUSTICE / INEQUALITY / HEROISM / LOVE PREVAILS OVER HATRED Czech Republic/UK/USA.2016. Director: Amma Asante. Cast: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport. Duration: 1hr.51mins. Cert: 12A From director Amma Asante (Belle), starring David Oyelowo (Selma) and Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and set against the breathtaking backdrops of the African savannah and period London, A United Kingdom celebrates the inspiring real-life romance of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments.

One of the greatest love stories ever told.

“A United Kingdom is an intriguing, utterly compelling and engrossing watch from the off…

It is gorgeous to look at, so intricately designed and really rather enthralling.”

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VENUE: SCHOOL BASED OUTREACH SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 4 (YEAR 12) & SIXTH FORM AREAS OF LEARNING: POLITICS/PDMU/HUMAN RIGHTS/ CITIZENSHIP THEMES: SOCIAL JUSTICE/POVERTY/BUREAUCRACY/INJUSTICEHATRED

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UK/France/Belgium.2016. Director: Ken Loach. Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy.

Duration: 1hr.40mins. Cert: 15 A 59-year-old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate their way through the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the end.

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Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2016 and BAFTA Film Award “The film preserves a sense of immediacy and is achingly relevant for our times much in the same way Cathy Come Home was for the Sixties.”

Richard Mowe, Eye For Film

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MONDAY 13 MARCH @ 6.30PM

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL France/USA.2016. Director: Raoul Peck. Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Dick Cavett. Duration: 1hr.35mins. Cert: PG-13. Distributor: Altitude Film Distribution Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro is the rare movie that might be called a spiritual documentary. It’s a meditation on the prophetic brilliance and the very being of James Baldwin, the African-American writer who was more than a “great thinker” on race – he was the prose-poet of our injustice and inhumanity (and our humanity, too). He saw more than anyone, and he wrote it all down, in essays and novels and plays and poems that were so far ahead of where his society was at that it may only be now, 40 or 50 years later, when he can truly be heard.

Nominated for an Oscar®

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TUESDAY 14 MARCH @ 7.00PM

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UK/France/Belgium.2016. Director: Ken Loach.

Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy.

Duration: 1hr.40mins. Cert: 15 I, Daniel Blake follows a 59-year-old joiner as he tries to navigate the British benefits system. In the North-East of England, widower Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is forced to stop working when he is taken ill with heart disease and so applies for Employment and Support Allowance from the Government. But his life is further thrown into disarray when his benefits are suddenly taken away from him and he is forced to jump through the many hoops of the bureaucratic system to get them back. During this time, he meets the similarly troubled single mother Katie (Hayley Squires) whose financial problems mean she and her two children are being forced out of her London home.

Winner of a Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2016 and BAFTA Film Award

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WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH @ 6.30PM

INDIGNATION VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL USA/China.2016. Director: James Schamus. Cast: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tijuana Ricks. Duration: 1hr.50mins. Cert: 15. Distributor: Vertigo Indignation captures with an uncanny realism a moment of innocence and caution in a post-World War II era, when an oppressive, puritanical conformism dominated white America. Adapted from Philip Roth’s 2008 novel, which was inspired by his college years and set in 1951, it evokes the drabness of a time when living standards were much lower than today; anti-Semitism was pervasive; and the fear of Communism was epidemic. Teenage culture had yet to flower.

The early murmurings of rock ’n’ roll were distant stirrings on black R&B radio, and racial segregation held sway. The tone of everyday life was circumspect and grimly proper.

“The film is a class act in every department… A warmly satisfying screen translation of a work by an author who has rarely been served well on film.”

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

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THURSDAY 16 MARCH @ 6.30PM

LADY MACBETH VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL

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THURSDAY 23 MARCH @ 1.30PM UK.2016. Director: William Oldroyd.

Cast: Florence Pugh, Christopher Fairbank, Cosmo Jarvis. Duration: 1hr.29mins. Cert: 15.

Distributor: Altitude Film Distribution

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Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Florence Pugh) is sold into a loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, and his cold, unforgiving family.

When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband’s estate, a force is unleashed inside her so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

“Just when you think you know this story, Oldroyd and Birch begin to show you that you don’t. It may have an element of the gothic romance of Wuthering Heights or dreamy desires of Catherine Cookson but Katherine’s psychological landscape is much murkier and more Shakespearean…”

Amber Wilkinson, Eye For Film

THURSDAY 23 MARCH @ 8PM

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Telephone: 00353 (0) 74912 9186 or email jeremyfhoward@gmail.com.

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