Screening Rights Film Festival to open in Coventry and Birmingham
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The fourth annual Screening Rights Film Festival is to open this week in Coventry and Birmingham, showcasing films that explore themes relating to social justice.
Taking place for the first time in both cities, Screening Rights will include films from around the world and post-screening events featuring directors, producers, 鈥榮tars鈥�, experts and activists.
- Click to listen to Screening Rights鈥� organiser discussing the festival on BBC Coventry and 糖心TVshire鈥檚 Culture Club (tune in from 50.00).
Screening Rights opens in Coventry on the 18th October at the Old Grammar School with A Northern Soul. Directed by Sean McAllister, the 2018 documentary sees him return to his hometown, Hull, as curator of its鈥� UK City of Culture opening. Drawn to the fringes of town he encounters Steve – a struggling warehouse worker with a dream.
Originally classified 15 by the BBFC, Coventry City Council have instead awarded A Northern Soul a 12 rating – allowing a wider range of people to attend the screening and see the film in the run up to Coventry鈥檚 year as the next UK City of Culture.
- Watch the Screening Rights trailer:
Organised by Dr Michele Aaron, of the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Department of Film and Television, the festival will also on the 19th October at Coventry鈥檚 Herbert Art Gallery screen Nicholas Roeg鈥檚 1970 film Performance, starring Mick Jagger, and 2017鈥檚 No Place for a Rebel that tells the story of an abducted child returning to Uganda as an adult war commander and having to readapt to civil society.
The programme of films to be shown in Birmingham at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) will include Screening Rights opening night with 2018鈥檚 What is Democracy, followed by 2018鈥檚 Under the Wire, 1981鈥檚 Burning an Illusion, 2018鈥檚 Tranny Fag, 2017鈥檚 Beyond the Frontlines and 2018鈥檚 Island.
- For full listing and screening details click
Commenting on the festival Dr Aaron said:
鈥淪creening Rights Film Festival brings some of the most important British and international social justice films to the region.
鈥淧ost-screening discussions include directors and 'stars' of the films and experts and activists, allowing audiences to get involved with and deepen their understanding of some of today's most pressing and tricky topics.鈥�
15 October 2018
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