FILM TALK – new for 2014
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 first talk in the new series on the 30th of January will be presented by Bradford City of Film Director, David Wilson, who will give an overview of the life and work of Charlie Chaplin. Mr Wilson said; This is a great opportunity for anyone to get involved in discussions on film, filmmakers, cinema, different genres and so on in the new City Library. I chose Chaplin as February 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of Chaplin’s most famous character, the little tramp. The Chaplin story is truly fascinating. Not only did he write, direct and act in all of his films, he also composed the music for most of them and contributed to the development of Hollywood in the early days and helped to make it the world centre for 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.
On Thursday 27th March (the opening night of Bradford International Film Festival) Mike McKenny will investigate the dichotomy between art and commerce applicable to the medium of cinema and discuss the relationship by looking at the global film festival network, situating its various historic incarnations within their geopolitical context.
More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks and the talks will run from January 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.