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In the
DocHouse
Every Sunday
from 4pm The OTHER Cinema and
DocHouse provide a home for documentary in
London.
Special
cheap price too! £5 (£4 student concessions)
In
The DocHouse returns this Autumn with a splash and an
outstanding programme. Each week a British Documentary
filmmaker will host a masterclass - showing both their early
and recent work. Collectively they will provide a fascinating
insight into the recent history of
documentary making in
the UK and into the creative processes behind this
output.
12th October, 4pm
Nick
Broomfield
After studying law and political
science, Nick went to the National Film and Television School
where he made 'Behind the Rent Strike', his graduation film.
He has gone on to make an acclaimed portfolio of work
including 'Soldier Girls', 'The Leader, his Driver and the
Drivers
Wife', 'Kurt and Courtney' and his latest film
'Biggie and Tupac' which has had successful cinema
distribution.."If he is a household name, it is as much due to
his embracing of popular culture as subject, as it is
his
dryly ironic commentary"- Fiona Morrow. Undoubtedly his unique
style and persistent presence in his films has influenced many
documentary makers, both old and new.
October 19th 4pm
Missing
Allen
Christian Bauer, Germany 2001 / 92 min /
Digibeta
This haunting film follows German filmmaker
Christian Bauer’s personal quest to find his cameraman and
friend Allen Ross, who disappeared without a trace four years
earlier, somewhere in America. The pair made seven films
together before Allen dropped from sight. Now, frustrated by
the apathy of the police handling the case, Bauer travels to
America to find out for himself where his friend is and what
happened. His investigations take him on an increasingly
disturbing journey from Chicago’s art scene to satanic sects
in Waco and Oklahoma City to, ultimately, a shocking
conclusion. “A deeply personal query into how well we really
know the people we think we know best, and a look at how easy
it can be to disappear in America” – Daily
Variety
October 26th - NO
SCREENING
November 2nd – 4pm
Power
Trip
Paul Devlin, USA/Republic of Georgia 2003 /
85 min / BetaSP
Twelve years after declaring
independence from Soviet rule, some Georgians are literally
still in the dark about democracy, freedom and the workings of
the market economy. But when American corporation AES
(the world’s largest independent owner of power assets)
arrives in the capital Tbilisi, it’s down to AES manager Piers
Lewis to show them the light – literally. Unfortunately for
him, not all of the formerly communist Georgians accept the
idea of actually paying for electricity. Instead everyone -
from meter readers to the Energy Minister himself – devise
ever more clever ways to steal it. Attempts to crack down are
met by angry mobs of civilians and truckloads of equally angry
– and armed – soldiers. As AES’s long uphill battle to keep
the lights on and the collections coming progresses, the link
between electricity and power becomes ever plainer.
November 9th 4pm
Hot from
the Sheffield International Film Festival:
Young British
Talent:
'100 doors' - Director, Kerri
Davenport-Burton.
100 Doors is a look behind some of
the 100 doors that film maker Kerri Davenport-Burton slept
behind between the ages of 12 and 21. Her candid and honest
exploration of her own "hidden homelessness" approaches this
serious subject with humour and personal insight.
And
'Calais' –
Marc Isaacs’ latest film Calais
portrays asylum seekers and English expatriates that are
stranded in the French port town. They reflect on life in
England and their dreams for a better future.
Both
directors will attend a Q&A
afterwards
November 16th 4pm
Don't miss
the hottest doc from the London Film Festival
The Weather
Underground
Sam Green & Bill Siegel, USA 2003 / 93 min
"Hello, I'm going to read a declaration of a state of
war...within the next 14 days we will attack a symbol or
institution of American injustice." No, it’s not
al-Qaeda, but the words of homegrown terrorists The Weather
Underground, who plagued the US government from the late 60s
to the late 70s. Fueled by outrage over racism and the Vietnam
War, the Weather Underground believed the only response was
“to bring the war home” through bombings and other violent
attacks, and whose efforts sparked one of the largest FBI
manhunts in history. Thirty years on, this film finds many of
the original members still vocally opposed to US policy.
Looking back at their years underground, the former members
paint a compelling portrait of troubled times that is all too
relevant today. A thrilling mix of vintage footage and
penetrating interviews, “The Weather Underground” is powerful,
essential history for our times.
We have invited the
director to attend a Q&A
afterwards
November 18th
‘In The
DocHouse’ Sneak Preview
Aileen
Nick
Broomfield has been invited to attend.
Director: Nick Broomfield. With: Aileen Wuornos. UK
2003. 89 mins TBC.
Acclaimed documentary-maker Nick
Broomfield (KURT AND COURTNEY, BIGGIE AND TUPAC) is subpoenaed
to Aileen Wuornos' final appeal prior to her execution. He
originally made a film about her in 1992, AILEEN: THE SELLING
OF A SERIAL KILLER (Aileen was convicted of murdering seven
men), extracts of which are played in court. However, part way
through, Aileen changes her mind, volunteers for execution and
objects to her own childhood witnesses, who are there to
testify on her behalf. In a series of confessional
conversations with Broomfield, culminating in her last
interview granted to Broomfield, before her execution on
October 9th, 2002, Aileen investigates her childhood in Troy,
Michigan, and her mental state leading to the murders. A
profound and compelling insight both into the mind of a deeply
paranoid yet seemingly sympathetic victim and into the
barbaric nature of capital punishment, Broomfield describes it
as “he most personal and most disturbing film I have ever
made”.
November 23rd
An afternoon of
Czech Documentaries to accompany the ‘New Bohemians’ Film
Festival.
Programme to be announced.
DocHouse is an initiative to create a
dedicated documentary centre in the UK. As part of this drive
we hold regular screenings at The OTHER Cinema and discussions
with the filmmakers where possible. Please visit http://www.dochouse.org/
or email info@dochouse.org for more
information or call us on 020 7284
8186.
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