The filmmakers will discuss their landmark work from 1986, which re-defined the documentary form. This experimental film is drawn from the 1910 archives of Luca Comerio, a pioneering Italian documentary filmmaker who photographed ‘exotic’ peoples from the North Pole to the Equator. The spectral images suggest the disturbing theme of Western man as predator. Regional Premiere.

Milan-based filmmakers Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi’s work addresses recurrent themes of war and peace, genocide and colonialism. Their techniques involve the manipulation of rare footage through re-photography, hand-tinted colour and altering film speed, to produce work that explores the fragility of the cinematic image and traces of historical ideologies. The two have presented work at major international film festivals including Cannes, Rotterdam and Venice, and at leading museums such as Museum of Modern Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tate Modern, London. 

Curated by AV Festival as part of the Postcolonial Cinema Weekend. Part of AV Festival 14: Extraction, www.avfestival.co.uk

£5/£3.50. Tickets available on the door

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