An exciting new series of free film talks has been arranged by the team at Bradford UNESCO City of Film and will be held at Bradford’s new City Library in City Park.
Taking place on the last Thursday of each month between 5.30pm and 6.30pm the talks will cover a broad range of film subjects and will encourage discussion and debate around film.
The second speaker in the series will be Dr Mark Goodall (Thursday 27th February 2014), who is a senior lecturer at the University of Bradford and course tutor in MA Film Studies and BA Film Studies as well as guest programmer for the Bradford International Film Festival. Mark has also had several books published on his area of research in film history, specifically cult and experimental films of the 1960’s and 1970’s. Mark’s subject for FILM TALK will be Documentary Visions of Yorkshire and will look a range of documentary films that represent different aspects of Yorkshire. The founder of British documentary film John Grierson defined documentary as the ‘creative treatment of actuality’. Mark will examine how this notion has affected the portrayal of regional life and culture, both historically and in the here and now.
More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks and the talks will run to the end of June 2014.
The talks are free but spaces are very limited so booking is essential. Please contact Sue Rollins sue.rollins@bradford.gov.uk or ring Bradford 01274 433600 to book a place.
Bradford UNESCO City of Film
Bradford is the world’s first UNESCO City of Film. This permanent title bestows international recognition on Bradford as a world centre for film because of the city’s rich film heritage, its inspirational movie locations and its many celebrations of the moving image through the city’s annual film festivals. By 2020 Bradford will be the place to enjoy film, learn through and about film, make film and visit because of film.
New City Library – Bradford
The exciting new public library in Bradford city centre is now open. Known simply as City Library, the new facility is housed in the bright, modern space previously occupied by the Bradford 1 Gallery and stretches across to include the large unit next to Starbucks.
City Library can hold up to 60,000 books, 2,000 DVDs, 40 computers, a range of newspapers and journals and free Wi-Fi.
City Library has a whole section of books dedicated to film under the City of Film section
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