The Rainbow Man/john 3:16 + Shorts
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Wed 15 December 2004 // 20:00
THE RAINBOW MAN/JOHN 3:16 + shorts
(Sam Green / 1997 / USA / 70mins / digital / cert15)
(Wed 15th / 8pm / £4/3)
Every generation a few people will become big celebrities for no other reason than that they are famous for being famous. The Rainbow Man was one of those people. During the '70s and '80s, he appeared at major sporting events wearing a brightly coloured Afro wig and cavorted around until he caught the attention of television cameramen. But in the '90s the once free-spirited Rollen Frederick Stewart (AKA Rockin' Rollen) , gave up the "disco" lifestyle and was born again. THE RAINBOW MAN/JOHN 3:16 depicts the dark side of fundamentalism by documenting the gradual take over of Stewart's personality by his Messianic complex.
SAM GREEN, director, producer, and editor from San Francisco visited the Cube about a year ago to present his documentary brilliant THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND which was subsequently dominated for an Oscar and screened on BBC4. Tonights programme offers other fine examples of the filmmakers keen sense of enquiry, and grip as a storyteller- plus shorts PIE FIGHT '69 and THE FABULOUS STAINS: BEHIND THE MOVIE. This screening forms part of the Other Cinema DVD project with discs available to buy near-exclusively at the Cube while stocks last...
(Sam Green / 1997 / USA / 70mins / digital / cert15)
(Wed 15th / 8pm / £4/3)
Every generation a few people will become big celebrities for no other reason than that they are famous for being famous. The Rainbow Man was one of those people. During the '70s and '80s, he appeared at major sporting events wearing a brightly coloured Afro wig and cavorted around until he caught the attention of television cameramen. But in the '90s the once free-spirited Rollen Frederick Stewart (AKA Rockin' Rollen) , gave up the "disco" lifestyle and was born again. THE RAINBOW MAN/JOHN 3:16 depicts the dark side of fundamentalism by documenting the gradual take over of Stewart's personality by his Messianic complex.
SAM GREEN, director, producer, and editor from San Francisco visited the Cube about a year ago to present his documentary brilliant THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND which was subsequently dominated for an Oscar and screened on BBC4. Tonights programme offers other fine examples of the filmmakers keen sense of enquiry, and grip as a storyteller- plus shorts PIE FIGHT '69 and THE FABULOUS STAINS: BEHIND THE MOVIE. This screening forms part of the Other Cinema DVD project with discs available to buy near-exclusively at the Cube while stocks last...