ESTATES
15 May 2012 / 19.00 / £4
BEAUTIFUL THING (Hettie MacDonald, 1996); ESTATE (Fugitive Images,
forthcoming); MYTHS OF SOCIAL CAPITALISM, PART 1 (Rastko Novakovic,
2012); HEYGATE (Will Montgomery, 2010).
Frustrated with cliched and simplistic representations of
council estates as "sink estates"? Come and join us on Tues 15th
May when UCL Urban Lab Films and Passengerfilms will be at The
Screen @ RADA for a collaborative night of films, art and
conversation about ESTATES and the UK housing crisis.
Our feature film will be "Beautiful Thing" (1996), Hettie MacDonald
and Jonathan Harvey's tender 'coming out' story, in which
Thamesmead, set against the blue skies of a hot summer, plays an
important role. The soundtrack features tunes from Mama Cass Elliot
and The Mamas and the Papas that you'll no doubt be whistling on
the way home. The film was widely acclaimed at the time of its
release, winning awards at numerous festivals, including Paris Film
Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival and GLAAD Media
Awards. Author Jonathan Harvey will be present to introduce the
film.
We'll also be showing an extract from Fugitive Images
film-in-the-making, "Estate", a feature length documentary-fiction
hybrid following the bulldozing of the Haggerston Estate, and the
construction of replacement housing. Filmmakers Andrea Luka
Zimmerman and Lasse Johansson will be present for Q&A.
Rastko Novakovic will present another film-in-progress, "Myths of
Social Capitalism, Part 1", recorded on London's Heygate Estate,
and critiquing its imminent demolition.
Poetry and sonic expert Will Montgomery (RHUL) will introduce his
sound archiving project, "Heygate" (2010), recorded in and around
the Heygate.
This is the sixth screening of a season by UCL Urban Lab Films and
Passengerfilms on urban architectures.
Followed by Q&A with the artists, filmmakers and author of
Beautiful Thing, Jonathan Harvey. Chair Ben Campkin (UCL Urban
Laboratory).
HIGH RISE LIFE
17th May / 19.00 / £4
An Urban Lab, Open City Docs Fest and LSE collaboration
HIGH RISE (Gabriel Mascaro, 2009); LIFT (Marc Isaacs, 2002).
Followed by a discussion with Marc Isaacs (Director, Lift), Luciana
Martins (Birkbeck), Tom Cordell (Director, Utopia London) and
Richard Baxter (QMUL). Chair Andrew Harris (UCL Urban Laboratory).
Organised by Melissa Fernandez (LSE), Ben Campkin (UCL) and Oliver
Wright (Open City).
The Screen @ RADA / Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre / Malet Street / WC1E
7JN
Tickets available from April 10th at the RADA box office (+44 (0)20
7636 7076) and at the door (first-come-first-served).
Further details at passengerfilms.wordpress.com &
ucl.ac.uk/urbanlab