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Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...

A portrait of Salford-born poet, storyteller and comic, John Cooper-Clarke. His poems, a satirical blend of humour and social comment, are delivered...

Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and studio shot footage in an attempt to provide insights...

Stephen Dwoskin brings together members of the Ballet Negres dance company, founded in London in 1946.

Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.

Ted Hughes's 1993 novel The Iron Woman is the springboard for this multi-media project by Mikhail Karikis. The video section of the installation...

Stabat Mater opens and closes with two sung laments, then launches into a breathless torrent of words and phrases, a re-reading of the eternal...

A memory-using location film of a stay with a uranium mining community. Using a kaleidoscopic array of experimental techniques, this film explores...

In this film an interior landscape is scrutinised, and an apparent rational calm is revealed as suffocating. Milk and Glass is an evocative journey...

Documentary profile of English artist, Paul Nash.

Introduces the world of painter René Magritte through an assemblage of the painter's images. Includes statements by Magritte about his intentions...

The Arts Council commissioned this film to coincide with their major retrospective of Giacometti's work at the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) in the...

Oscar Wilde’s famous and eloquent defence of love – made while he was being cross-examined at the trial that led to his incarceration and...

About Performance Art and its historical origins including its links with folk customs. The film includes extracts from the work of many different...

A brief look at the life of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy.

It is night and, in the foyer of a small hotel, a receptionist performs her tasks, unhurried and impassive, her face ghost-white, an emotional mask....

Documentary on advertising. Investigates the way work has disappeared from advertising images, and traces the phenomenon through archive advertising...

Toulouse-Lautrec's sketchbooks are turned into an animated short.

Bruce Lacey: 'People used to come and make documentaries about me, but they weren't interested in the day-to-day family life that I found extremely...

A kaleidoscopic celebration of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival. Arts Council of Great Britain.