Projecting Place
Lunchtime Film Series: School of Architecture
Friday 23rd October 2009 13.00-14.00
Selection of amateur films shot in New Brighton from the 1930s to the 1970s. Screening also includes a slide show of photographs from Martin Parr’s series on New Brighton, The Last Resort.
1) NEW BRIGHTON AND WALLASEY 1930s
(Presented by Hoylake Movie Makers, 10 mins)
2) FAIR PLAY (George Gregory/Swan Movie Makers, 1966, 12mins)
3) PLEASURES PAST (Swan Movie Makers, 1974, 6 mins)
Screening followed by Q&A with members from Swan Movie Makers and Hoylake Movie Makers.
Tuesday 2nd June 2009 13.00-15.00
THREE BUSINESSMEN (Alex Cox, 1998, 82 mins)
Screening followed by Q&A with Lynn Saunders and Kevin Bell from Liverpool Film Office.
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Tuesday 28th April 2009 13.00-15.00
OF TIME AND THE CITY (Terence Davies, 2008, 72 mins)
Screening followed by Q&A with producers Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter.
Click here to view Terence Davies Inaugural Lecture
Thursday 2nd April 2009 13.00-14.30
WHO CARES (Nick Broomfield, 1971, 17 mins)
BEHIND THE RENT STRIKE (Nick Broomfield, 1974, 50 mins)
Screening followed by Q&A with rent strike activists from Behind the Rent Strike.
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Tuesday 3rd March 2009. 18.00-20.30
GARDENS OF STONE (Paul Sudbury, 2006, 80 mins)
Screening followed by Q&A with Paul Sudbury and Ged Fagan
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Tuesday 24th February 2009. 13.00-14.15
Selection of amateur films shot in & around Williamson Square and Queen Square in Liverpool City Centre.
1) OLD ST JOHN'S MARKET AND TOWN SCENES (Jim Gonzales, c.1960, 8mins)
2) THE POOL OF LIFE (Angus Tilston, 1974-1976, 13mins)
3) SILENT WITNESS (Swan Movie Makers, c.1981, 14mins)
Screenings followed by Q&A with Angus Tilston, amateur filmmaker and collector, producer of Pleasures Past series of local archive films, and founder member of Swan Movie Makers (1955-present).
Tuesday 27th January 2009. 13.00-14.30
1) US & THEM (Peter Leeson, 1969, 42 mins)
2) HOMES NOT ROADS (Vauxhall Neighbourhood Council, 1978, 20 mins)
Screenings followed by Q&A with Marie McGiveron from the Vauxhall Community Council. Click here to view edited footage of the event.
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Thursday 4th December 2008. 13.00-14.00
THE MODEL CITY (Sam Meech, 2008, 23 mins)
Screening followed by Q&A with director Sam Meech.
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