What's On Saturday 10th October in Bristol

Events on Saturday 10th October

“Sailing through the Floating Harbour, locking out on to the tidal Avon and through the spectacular gorge. Sail under Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge and down the river to the Bristol Channel. Full bar serving hot and cold drinks, passengers are welcome to bring their own picnic. http://www.bristolpacket.co.uk”
From: Avon Gorge Cruise

“Derek Jarman is still one of the most admired British artists of the late twentieth century. A renowned filmmaker, painter, poet and gay activist, he is most famous for the feature length films he wrote and directed in the late 1970s and'80s. In the early'70s, he created a series of rarely seen films shot in Super 8. Jarman made more than forty films in Super 8 that, while sharing some motifs and characteristics with his later work, form a distinct body of work. As Ed Halter describes them, they are'more improvisatory, often non-narrative, replete with arcane symbolism, and deeply invested in the material, non-representational qualities of the image'.”
From: Brff:derek Jarman Early Shorts

“Starting to Happen was made by community film group, Liberation Films, in 1974, and shows what happened when they worked with a group of residents in Balham, South London, using video equipment to record local protests for social change. It was subsequently shown on BBC2 with a critical discussion with participants, which will also be screened in this session. The screenings will be followed by a discussion asking what it means to screen political films now, and to seek to locate the latent political potential in historical practices and archival material.”
From: Brff2015: Starting To Happen

“This event explores the possibility for real political change in Britain and further afield, showcasing short films about the rise of parties on the left in Europe and foregrounding austerity and climate change as urgent political concerns. These contemporary political shorts highlight the need for radical media production in the face of a dearth of mainstream commitment to communicating the true urgency of environmental, economic and political realities in the early twenty-first century.”
From: Contemporary Political Shorts

“Originally rejected for being too radical by its commissioning TV channel, Boston's WGBH, Blacks Britannica documents the experience of Britain's black community in the 1970s. The film offers a sharp analysis of both state and street racism, as well as recording the grass-roots reaction which emerged to confront it.”
From: Brff2015: Blacks Britannica