Event overview
A series of visiting speakers, screenings and discussion on contemporary TV, film and media issues - open to all postgraduates & staff.
Week 1 – 6th October in LG02
Riots, Reporting, Retribution – politicians, activists & reporters discuss the coverage of the August riots and the role the media played. With David Lammy MP, Zoe Williams, Mike Phillips, Angela Phillips, Vince Braithwaite and local journalists
Week 2 – 13th October in LG02
Indie film - Robin Gutch, producer (Four Lions, Hunger) & joint MD WarpX Films, one of Britain’s leading indie filmmakers (Donkey Punch, Tyrannosaur, A Complete History of My Sexual Failures), screens clips and discusses the film business
Week 3 – 18th October in MRB Screen 1 @ 6.00 p.m./ 20th October in Cinema @ 5 p.m.
Film activism – (Tuesday) screening of Just Do It ‘embedded documentary’ on climate change movement & (Thursday) discussion with Just Do It filmmaker/activist Emily James
Week 4 – 27th October in RHB 16 – MRB Screen 1
Documentary legend - Paul Watson, veteran award-winning documentarist (The Family, Fishing Party, Sylvania Waters, Rain In My Heart, Malcolm & Barbara: Love’s Farewell) discusses his career and shows his recent work TBC
Week 5 – 3rd November in LG02
Urban arts - Tabitha Jackson, Commissioning Editor for Arts at Channel 4, shows the radical take on urban arts that she has brought to TV this ‘Street Summer’, including Concrete Circus, Street Dance and Life of Rhyme
Week 6 – 10th November
Monitoring Week – no meeting
Week 7 – 17th November in MRB Screen 1
BBC commissioner - Charlotte Moore, BBC Commissioning Editor for Documentaries shows clips and discusses the BBC’s needs & priorities for documentary TBC
Week 8 – 24th November in LG02
Euro-crime with Blake Morrison & Mike Phillips – from the astonishing success of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books (& films, and US re-makes) & multiple Wallander TV series, to the Danish Killing & French Spiral TV series is crime fiction the real European currency? Romanian crime fiction reveals another side: it subverted censorship
Week 9 – 1st December in LG02
Youth docs - Kellie: The Girl Who Played With Fire – recent BBC3 doc on Goldsmiths student plus Q&A with producer/director Tom Barrow, editor Paul Dosaj & Kellie herself
Week 10 – 8th December & 9th December in LG02
Film music – award-winning film and TV composer Debbie Wiseman OBE – Wilde, Tom & Viv, Lesbian Vampire Killers & umpteen TV shows – on what music does for film
Week 11 – 15th October
No meeting
Dates & times
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| 6 Oct 2011 |
5:00pm - 6:30pm Riots, Reporting, Retribution - debate on media coverage |
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| 13 Oct 2011 |
5:00pm - 7:00pm Indie filmmaking with WarpX's MD Robin Gutch |
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| 18 Oct 2011 |
6:00pm - 7:00pm Screening of Just Do It - embedded activist documentary |
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| 20 Oct 2011 |
5:00pm - 7:00pm Emily James, director of Just Do It |
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| 27 Oct 2011 |
5:00pm - 7:00pm Legendary documentary filmmaker Paul Watson |
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| 3 Nov 2011 |
5:00pm - 6:30pm Channel 4's arts supremo Tabitha Jackson on urban arts |
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| 17 Nov 2011 |
5:00pm - 7:00pm BBC Documentary Commissioner Charlotte Moore |
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| 24 Nov 2011 |
5:00pm - 7:00pm Blake Morrison, Mike Phillips & others discuss crime fiction - the real European currency |
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| 1 Dec 2011 |
5:00pm - 7:00pm The Girl Who Played with Fire - the making of a film about Goldsmiths student Kellie O'Farrell |
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| 8 Dec 2011 |
5:00pm - 7:00pm Debbie Wiseman OBE, one of Britain's top film composers talks about music in film and TV |
Accessibility
If you are attending an event and need the College to help with any mobility requirements you may have, please contact the event organiser in advance to ensure we can accommodate your needs.
