Nottingham Contemporary

The Screen presents: Sonic Textures, Shattered Scenes

The Screen Presents: Sonic Textures, Shattered Scenes - A selection of landmark films by Black artists working in independent cinema in the 1970s-90s.

This season showcases truly groundbreaking cinema by artists and thinkers that expanded the ways the Black American experience could be represented, examined, and cherished. These are experimental, personal, and radical films by academics, musicians, poets, writers, actors, photographers, and visual artists who changed cinema forever. In turns thrilling, cerebral, and sensuous, this diverse programme of films spanning various genres are united by invoking the richness of the lives we live. In recent years many of these previously-overlooked films have been restored, and even re-cut, enabling new generations to see these films as they were originally intended.

Tickets are £6, or you can purchase a season ticket for all of the films for £30.

Ganja & Hess - Wed 6 Nov, 6.30pm
Losing Ground - Wed 13 Nov, 6.30pm
My Brother's Wedding - Wed 20 Nov, 6.30pm
Drylongso - Wed 27 Nov, 6.30pm
Eve's Bayou - Wed 4 Dec, 6.30pm
Mo' Better Blues - Wed 11 Dec, 6.30pm

Please note that many of the films in this season reflect historical attitudes that audiences may find outdated and offensive.

The season title is taken from the article Cosmic Freeze Frames: A Poetics of Bill Gunn by Carlos Valladares on gagosian.com (Spring 2021)

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Recording:
The Screen presents: Sonic Textures, Shattered Scenes
Dates:
Fri 11 Oct
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The Screen - Drylongso Sonic Textures, Shattered Scenes, Film
Wed 27 Nov, 6.30pm
A young woman in a denim outfit stands talking to two men in a car.
The Screen - Eve's Bayou Sonic Textures, Shattered Scenes, Film
Wed 4 Dec, 6.30pm
A young person is reclining on a tree branch, as a woman looks on from the background.
The Screen - Ganja & Hess Sonic Textures, Shattered Scenes, Film
Wed 6 Nov, 6.30pm
A man is looking to the left, he is wearing a white and blue robe. In his hand is a sharp implement.
The Screen - Losing Ground Sonic Textures, Shattered Scenes, Film
Wed 13 Nov, 6.30pm
A man in the foreground is holing a picture frame, he is wearing a yellow tee-shirt and black dungarees. Behind him a woman in a floral dress reclines on a sofa.
The Screen - Mo' Better Blues Sonic Textures, Shattered Scenes, Film
Wed 11 Dec, 6.30pm
A man in a dimly lit room stares out of the picture and is gesturing with his right hand.
The Screen - My Brother's Wedding Sonic Textures, Shattered Scenes, Film
Wed 20 Nov, 6.30pm
A man with a moustache looks out towards the right, he appears to be in mid conversation. In the background are several photographs and artefacts sat on a sideboard.
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