The Magic Hour

Dir. Various, Eng, 2009

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Fri 13 November 2009 // 19:30 / Cinema

This film, brings together the cream of disabled filmmaking in the UK. including a new short from animator John Williams, who won the best short film award at Edinburgh in 2005 with his last short film Hibernation. Disability rights activist and artist Katherine Arianello's film "Follow Me on My Journey to Die" ia a blackly comic satire on society's attitudes to disability set in the art world.   Katherine Arianello will be present to talk about the film and take questinos as well as Willaim Mager (you may already be familiar with him through his day job as a BBC Producer/Director), whose film "Hands Solo" is about a mockumentary about the eponymous porn star whose disability is also responsible for his 'special talent'.

The film and talk will Be signed. The cinema is wheelchair accessible but please let me know if you need a space incase we should remove more of the fixed seats. If you have any other access needs please contact matfleming76[at]gmail[dot]com. The film is currently uncertificated (it's just too new!) but it does contain themes of euthenasia and pornography. If you have any questions regarding the suitability of the film for yourself or someone else please email me at the same address.