from The Student Journals WRITTEN BY GAH-KAI LEUNG | 02 SEPTEMBER 2011 In his study “Rabelais and His World,” literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin writes of carnival as a “temporary suspension… of hierarchical rank [which creates] a special type of communication impossible in everyday life.” … Continue reading
by Patrick Ward Socialist Worker Sometimes it’s easy to forget just how much has gone on over the past eight months. This documentary is a celebration of the anti-cuts movement in Britain. It charts the movement from the student protests … Continue reading
East End Film Festival London, UK May 2011 Frances Morgan Emma-Louise Williams’ Under the Cranes, which premiered to a capacity audience at Dalston’s Rio Cinema, featured the work of [a] long-time resident, Michael Rosen, whose documentary play Hackney Voices steered this engaging, gentle, … Continue reading
Today at 1545 local time, Chronicle of Protest, a film directed by Michael Chanan premiered at The Rio Cinema, Dalston, as part of the East End Film Festival. On seeing its inclusion, I was heartened fearing a lack of films commentating on the … Continue reading
Activist video is providing a corrective to the mainstream media – but nothing beats the power of a cinema screen. One of the qualities I love about cinema is its assertiveness: it’s so much harder to overrule or ignore a … Continue reading
Morning Star Clarion calls for activism Chronicle of Protest (directed by Michael Chanan) Wednesday 27 April 2011 by Ian Sinclair A joint venture between the New Statesman magazine and Roehampton University, Michael Chanan’s Chronicle of Protest is the first documentary … Continue reading