October 2008
01
Film: Herzog
1 Oct 2008, noon
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01
Film: Reel News Uk Tour
1 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Inspirational films from the London activist video collective and guests, and the chance to make your own news and screen it on the night. Camp for Climate Action, Smash EDO Arms Factory campaign, Anti-Academies teachers occupation, miscarriages of justice plus campaign speakers, discussion and music.
02
Film: Since Otar Left (2003)
2 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
This month we celebrate Georgia, with a multi award winning film from Juliette Bertucelli, who worked on films by Otar Ioseliani and Krystov Kieslowki before this first feature.
03
Gig: Story Telling: A Bit Crack
3 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Regular and successful storytelling night on the First Friday of every month at the Star and Shadow Cinema…
04
Gig: What Goes On?
4 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
The music and inspiration of The Velvet Underground
05
Meeting: General Meeting
5 Oct 2008, 10 a.m.
05
Meeting: General Meeting
5 Oct 2008, 2 p.m.
05
Film: Gay In The Gardens
5 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Candid documentary portrait of the notorious "Gardens" area of Newcastle…
06
Meeting: General Meeting
6 Oct 2008, 6 p.m.
07
No Events Scheduled
7 Oct 2008
08
Film: The Unwinking Gaze, Presented By Sama Festival (2008)
8 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
The result of 18 months’ unprecedented access to the Dalai Lama in his exile home in Dharamsala, Northern India, The Unwinking Gaze offers a unique portrait of the Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader and his recent working life.
09
Film: What Next After Climate Camp?
9 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
For a week in August, at a camp near Kingsnorth power station, climate activists worked together to live sustainably, learn new skills, and take direct action against the causes of climate change. What can we learn from this year's camp?
10
Gig: Club Night...
10 Oct 2008, 8 p.m.
A varied musickal experience from old to new, featuring a shitalo discotek, performance art and general superficiality…
11
Film: The Other Final, Presented By Sama Festival (2003)
11 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
On Sunday 30th June, the day Germany and Brazil competed in the World Cup Final 2002, another extraordinary football game was being played - between the Bhutanese national side against the team of Montserrat, the two lowest ranked teams in the FIFA world rankings.
12
Film: Eyes Wide Open - Open Submission Night
12 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Our regular open submission night that should not be taken lightly! Many of our film makers have since been propelled into the jaws of Hollywood…
13
Meeting: Programming Meeting
13 Oct 2008, 6 p.m.
14
No Events Scheduled
14 Oct 2008
15
Film: Cocalero (2007)
15 Oct 2008, 7 p.m.
!Cantina Latina! will screen Cocalero, a documentary centered on the current and first indigenous president of Bolivia Evo Morales and the union formed by Bolivian Coca farmers in response to their government's (under pressure from the US) efforts to eradicate the traditional Andean coca crops.
16
Film: Peter Whitehead Retrospective: The Word And The Image
16 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Tonight we celebrate the 40th anniversary of 1968 through the work of an underground hero of British documentary film: Peter Whitehead. With Pink Floyd and University students protesting against the Viet-Nam war.
17
Film: Death Note (2006)
17 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Kaneko's thrilling story begins when brilliant college student Light Yagami finds a mysterious Notebook that will allow him to rid the world of it's criminals. An intrinsic battle of wits commences when talented detective, and future nemisis, L reveals his identity in order to capture Light. Gripping Japanese yarn; boasting it's own set of rules.
18
Gig: Club Night: Road To Rimini
18 Oct 2008, 10 p.m.
Road to Rimini Fratelli Di Rimini present their third Road to Rimini of 2008. Dutch Jackmaster Orgue Electronique Live and DJ support from crème organisation head honcho TLR and the Fratelli.
19
Film: Lord Of War (2005)
19 Oct 2008, 3 p.m.
Nicholas Cage plays the antiheroic protagonist, an illegal arms dealer with similarities to Russian arms dealers Viktor Bout and Leonid Minin. The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the trafficking of weapons by the international arms industry.
19
Film: Gumshoe (1971)
19 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
The mid-life crisis comes early for Eddie Ginley in Gumshoe, a truly odd comedy/drama set in early 70s Liverpool. Directed by Stephen Frears and starring Albert Finney.
20
Meeting: General Meeting
20 Oct 2008, 6 p.m.
21
No Events Scheduled
21 Oct 2008
22
Film: Silent Running (1972)
22 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Directing début by special effects master Trumbull Silent Running is a downbeat, post-nuclear war fantasy in which a scientist refuses to destroy the remaining elements of organic life aboard his orbiting space greenhouse.
23
Film: Bridge And Tunnel Productions Night: The King And I
23 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
An exploration of friendship, masculinity and race which focuses on the relationship between Russ, a council worker from Newcastle, and the most famous person in the world, boxer Muhammad Ali.
24
Gig: Drinking Songs
24 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Following our successful Murder Ballads evening in May, we're launching ourselves liver first into Oktoberfest with a special night of songs about alcohol and drunkenness.
25
Event: Private Event
25 Oct 2008, 7 p.m.
Private event
26
Film: Home Of Your Own + The Plank (1964 And 1967)
26 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Two films without dialogue from the 1960s, they will be of special interest to those interested in construction work Wild West style.
27
Meeting: Programming Meeting
27 Oct 2008, 6 p.m.
28
No Events Scheduled
28 Oct 2008
29
Film: She Should Have Gone To The Moon (2007)
29 Oct 2008, 7 p.m.
The astonishing story of the pilot and pioneer, Jerri Truhill, who trained in NASA’s top secret Mercury 13 programme, 1961, to become one of the first women astronauts. The film will be introduced by artist-filmmaker Ulrikke Kubatta.
30
Film: Bidesh
30 Oct 2008, 7 p.m.
This is a documentary by a local film-maker exploring the reactions of young Asian people to their experiences of racism.
31
Festival: Lulu's Pension Party
31 Oct 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Ready, Steady, Go! Come and celebrate with us Lulu's 60th birthday! The weekend starts here…