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Bata-ville: We are not afraid of the future Film Screening

Thursday, January 26, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (GMT)

Manchester, United Kingdom

Bata-ville: We are not afraid of the future Film Screening...

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We are not afraid of the future


The LRM and the Manchester Modernisty Society, in conjunction with Manchester Metropolitan University, will present a screening of the award-winning Bata-ville at 6pm on 26th January 2012.



Written & directed by Northern Art Prize Winners Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, Bata-ville (90mins) is a bittersweet record of an English coach trip to the origins of the Bata shoe empire – the Moravian town of Zlin - a place described by Le Corbusier as a "shiny phenomenon".  Against the backdrop of economic regeneration in their communities, former employees of two now closed UK Bata factories are led by artist / directors Pope & Guthrie on a unique journey through Bata’s legacy and across a changing Europe.


What begins as a free holiday soon becomes an opportunity for a collective imagining of what Tomas Bata’s inspirational maxim, “We are not afraid of the future” can mean in 21st century Britain.


 

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As a special treat we will start proceedings with a showing of Hush (10mins) by Lynne Pettinger and Will Montgomery.

 



Programme:

 

6.00 Short Introduction

6.15 Hush

6.30 Bata-ville

8.00 Discussion and conclusions

8.30 Finish



Please can you register in advance to help us plan the event.


The screening will be in the John Dalton Building on Oxford Road.  Please use the main entrance on Oxford Road (virtually opposite the old BBC building) and follow the signs.


This event is free although we would gladly accept any donations on the door to to help us cover the small costs of running of this event.



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