World Mental Health Day (Film + Gig)

Part of the Gloaming Elephants

Director: Ian Breakwell
Certificate: Not Rated
Length:
Format: 16mm
Language: English
Country: UK

A short film by Ian Breakwell and Kevin Coyne followed by an 

evening of musical performance from the members of NAGAS (Newcastle And Gateshead Art Studio) 

in recognition of World Mental Health Day 2013.

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LINE UP:

6:30pm -The Institution(1978) 50 mins, Ian Breakwell, UKStaring musician Kevin Coyne The Institution develops the questioning of 'normal' viewing habits, of harrowing documentaries and social conscious dramas presented to us on the nations small screens.

Clip: http://luxonline.org.uk/video/artists/ian_breakwell/the_institution.html

7.30: Refreshments and mingling in Bar area, etc

8.00: Live Music session

Sean McDermott (acoustic guitar)

Selma Star (ukulele)

Matt Coyle (Laptop and rap)

NAGAS Music group with Ziad (full band)

The Purrs -Jacki Sams and co (full band)

9.45: Karaoke 

11.30: Finish

Other films in the Gloaming Elephants:

29

Film: Titicut Follies

29 Sep 2013, 6:30 p.m.

THE LEGENDARY BANNED FILM FROM 1967 THAT WENT INSIDE OF AN INSANE ASYLUMA near-masterpiece not just of the documentary form, but of moviemaking in any category. It’s a film that transcends the time and place of its manufacture.  

02

Film: Estamira

2 Oct 2013, 6:30 p.m.

Documentary about Estamira, a 63-year-old woman who's been working for over 20 years at a landfill in Rio de Janeiro. Schizophrenic, but very charismatic, she's the leader of a small community of old people living off garbage and has a very lyrical and philosophical attitude towards life. 

30

Film: Creation

30 Oct 2013, 6:30 p.m.

English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to find a balance between his revolutionary theories (on evolution) and the relationship with society, whose faith strongly contradicts his work.

03

Film: The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser

3 Nov 2013, 6:30 p.m.

A compassionate, traumatic masterpiece, every frame amazing. Few films could live up to such a billing – this surpasses it:

06

Film: Marat Sade

6 Nov 2013, 6:30 p.m.

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of an Asylum.A bloody and unrelenting depiction of class struggle and human suffering which asks whether true revolution comes from changing society or changing oneself.

11

Film: Estamira

11 Dec 2013, 6:30 p.m.

Estamira is a happy and charismatic woman that works in a city dump. Schizophrenic, but very charismatic, she’s the leader of a small community of old people with a very lyrical and philosophical attitude towards life.