The hidden world of East and Southeast Asian raves in London is uncovered, presenting a community of acceptance and joy.
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Local authorities had long been using film to spread their public health messages. But the 'official' information film came of age in WWII, when it was used by government to guide the public through ...
A revolution recollected in tranquillity: the six-week occupation, through June and July 1968, of Hornsey College of Art, North London, with its reasons, programme, course and fate, is fully ...
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One of Waters’ most notorious films is Pink Flamingos (1972), a film which legendary critic Roger Ebert famously offered zero stars. With scenes involving chicken sex, a singing orifice and the ...
A newlywed Indian couple arrive in London, 1979, and attempt to make a home out of their new lives. As they navigate 40 years of marriage through the food they make and the meals they share, their ...
Queen Victoria's long reign famously saw extraordinary advances: in industry, transport, science, culture... But one vital innovation is too often missed: the moving image, the last great invention of ...
Following a hastily arranged marriage by unsympathetic relatives, Cao Guiying (Hai Qing) sets off with her new husband Ma Youtie (Wu Renlin, himself a farmer) to nurture their farm and livestock.
Theatre director Yusuke and his TV screenwriter wife Oto have a special bond as creative partners, sharing a life punctuated by private rituals. This is shattered by a sudden incident and the ...
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Malcolm X's legacy was on Spike Lee's mind when making his classic 1989 film Do the Right Thing, and he would contentiously end that film with a quote from the man that many read as endorsing violence ...