Star And Shadow Events 2012-06-18 to 2012-06-24

Linha De Passe

2008 / Brazil / Walter Salles & Daniella Thomas / Portuguese with English subtitles / 113 mins / 35mm

Walter Salles’ (director of Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries and this year’s release On the Road) film follows pregnant single mother Cleuza (Sandra Corvelloni, who won the Palm d’Or at Cannes for Best Actress for this role) and her four sons, each by different fathers. Part of ¡VAMOS! Festival www.vamosfestival.com

The Tempest + Discussion

“One of the most original and masterly films ever made in Britain.” – THE SUNDAY TIMES. From the very great Derek Jarman.

Makibefo (2001, Dir. Abela) + Director Q&A

Critically-acclaimed as one of the most daring Shakespeare films ever made, Abela’s black-and-white, almost silent, mostly improvised transplantation of ‘the Scottish Play’ to the remote sand-dunes of Madagascar.

Heleno - Uk Premiere

2011 / Brazil / Dir José Henrique Fonseca / Portuguese with English subtitles / DVD

Heleno de Freitas was a Brazilian football legend whose career for Rio’s football team Botafogo shone briefly, but brightly, through the 1940s.

Road To Rimini

Road to Rimini return with TLR!!

English Language Conversation Group

Weekly conversation session for people to practice speaking English in an informal friendly setting. The group is informal and volunteer run. Aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory. Free.

Nrg Meet - Rules

Newcastle Roller Girls Rules Night (in bar and cinema). This event is for members of NRG only.

Canny Little Library

The Canny Little Library stocks books, zines and pamphlets with a focus on titles with a more critical stance towards the society we live in and not available in most regular libraries/ bookshops. All titles are available to browse and borrow for free. The Star and Shadow also houses a large collection of film, photography and theatre books available for browsing and reference. The library can be contacted at cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com

Portuguese Language Cafe

Ola! Queres falar Português? Do you want to speak Portuguese?

Drop by to learn some Portuguese phrases or chat with native speakers and students. Lead by Clarisse Almeida (Brazil) who teaches Portuguese at the Centre for Lifelong Learning and Fatima Taborda (Portugal) from Newcastle University.

Part of ¡VAMOS! Festival 2012