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Shirley Clarke Double Bill

The Connection

Dir: Shirley Clarke, 1962, USA, 110 mins, Cert: TBC

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Wed 23 September 2015 // 18:15

Tickets: £5 full, £4 conc (£8 / £6 for double bill)

A staged improvisation, The Connection posits itself as unedited footage of a documentary on drug addicts when it's really a fictional recreation of a stage play of the same name, penned by Jack Gelber. Revealing a play within a film within a film, the obfuscating layers of the narrative allow Clarke to explore her fascination with performance and authenticity with aplomb. 

Dancer, bride, runaway wife, radical film maker and pioneer — Shirley Clarke is one of the great under-told stories of American independent cinema. She helped inspire a new film movement and made urgently vibrant work that blurs fiction and non-fiction, only to be marginalized, written out of histories and dismissed as a dilettante. We’re excited to be screening these restored digital prints of her work as part of Scalarama.

Tickets for this double bill of The Connection and Portrait of Jason are only £8/6, this  discount will be applied automatically via Ticketsource or on the door.

Screening as part of the Cube's Scalarama programme.

Scalarama

Scalarama is a month long season of screenings taking place across the world at a wide range of venues, with all different types of exhibitors showcasing films from across the history of cinema  and from all parts of the world. 

The Cube is a membership venue. Membership is £1 and lasts for life. Remember to bring your card! If coming for the first time membership is issued on the door.

Doors open 30 mins before the advertised start time to allow time to buy or collect tickets

All screenings are free for asylum seekers