https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/2014/w09/feed/Star And Shadow Events 2014-03-03 to 2014-03-09en-gbSat, 15 Sep 2018 22:32:19 -0000https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1311A double bill of films by Wang Bing. Coal Money follows a convoy of coal trucks encountering roadside criminals and corrupt policemen. Man with No Name shows man reduced to his most rudimentary elements living in an underground cave.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1311https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1310Nicolas Rey's 16mm film powerfully recalls two phases of industrial history in the French mountains, the white gold of aluminium in the 1960s and its subsequent replacement by ski resort tourism. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1310https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1330In a parable on guilt and oppression, which alludes to aspects of Portuguese colonial history, two cousins are potential heirs to their grandmother’s fortune. This artist-filmmaker is present to discuss his approach to postcolonial cinema. Part of Postcolonial Cinema Weekend.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1330https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1329Spectres plunges us into one of the blackest days of the Belgian Congo’s decolonisation. The artist follows a top-ranking Belgian civil servant recalling the assassination of Prime Minister Lumumba. Sven Augustijnen is present to discuss the film. Part of Postcolonial Cinema Weekend.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1329https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1333Duncan Campbell has taken Marker and Resnais’ 1953 film Les Statues meurent aussi (Statues also Die) as both source and artefact, to pursue a meditation on the life, death and value of objects. The artist is present to discuss the work. Part of Postcolonial Cinema Weekend.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1333https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1312AV Festival is delighted to welcome filmmakers Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi in person. This film uses footage shot in India by tourists in the 1920s to illustrate the elitist attitudes of Westerners toward the Far East.  Part of Postcolonial Cinema Weekend.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1312https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1331Three short films by Gabriel Abrantes, focus on the new identities and relations forged through globalisation. Each was shot in a postcolonial context in Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Angola and Haiti, and will be introduced by the filmmaker. Part of Postcolonial Cinema Weekend.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1331https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1332Having caused considerable controversy upon its release, Africa Addio is presented here as an illustrated screening by artist Mathieu Kleyebe Abbonenc and curator Will Rose, to consider the social and political implications of watching and showing such a film. Part of Postcolonial Cinema Weekend. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1332https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1313The filmmakers Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi are present in person at the screening. Electric Fragments consists of archival material from the 1970s revealing social problems in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Burma, Indonesia, Dahomey, Ivory Coast, and Senegal. Part of Postcolonial Cinema Weekend.   https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1313https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1328The filmmakers will discuss their landmark work from 1986, which re-defined the documentary form. This film is drawn from the 1910 archives of Luca Comerio, a pioneering Italian documentary filmmaker who photographed ‘exotic’ peoples from the North Pole to the Equator. Part of Postcolonial Cinema Weekend.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1328https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/1300Informal weekly English language conversation practice to meet people and learn language skills. Open to people with any or no level of experience. The group aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory.  New volunteers and members very welcome!https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/1300https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/990 Fern Smith  in Doin’ Dirt Time - a provocative performance questioning the role of the artist in society and what role does art have in a time of change. Created by Emergence. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/990https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/1321Books & magazines, free to browse & borrow. Come & discover the amazing collection! Stock focuses on more political, radical, thought-provoking, action-inspiring & critical titles than other libraries.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/1321https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/393General Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/393