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“ Black History Month 2021 at Watershed ”

Posted on Wed 29 Sept 2021 by Jo Lansdowne

A few highlights of things happening during Black History Month which offer audiences an opportunity to engage with Black creatives and their stories

The Story of a Three-Day Pass

“ Melvin Van Peebles 1932 - 2021 ”

Posted on Thu 23 Sept 2021 by Mark Cosgrove

A tribute to Melvin Van Peebles from Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator

an image of a man playing a trumpet

“ A swinging celebration of Black male talent  ”

Posted on Mon 13 Sept 2021

Cinema Rediscovered 2021 Film Critics workshop participant Malaika Kegode’s take on A Man called Adam’s swinging celebration of talent of Black male.

an image of Pamela Hutchinson

“ Auteur(e?)  ”

Posted on Mon 13 Sept 2021

Cinema Rediscovered 2021 Film Critics Workshop participants Jake Abatan on how positive change within the industry can start from small acts of resistance.

an image taken from Klute (1971) of a women lying on her side.

“ Rewriting Film History (with the Women in it)  ”

Posted on Mon 13 Sept 2021

Cinema Rediscovered 2021 Film Critics Workshop participant Nadira Begum on the rich history of female ‘geniuses’ in cinema in front and behind the camera.

an image of a man in sunglasses standing in the middle of a crowd.

“ French New Wave influences in The Story of a Three-Day Pass  ”

Posted on Fri 10 Sept 2021

Cinema Rediscovered 2021 Film Critics Workshop participant Yasmin Omar explores the French New Wave influences in The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967).

an black and white image of a couple hugging each other in a car.

“ The More the Merrier (1943)  ”

Posted on Fri 10 Sept 2021

Cinema Rediscovered 2021 Film Critics Workshop participant Angela Moore on discovering the sexiest scene in a 1940s Hollywood romantic comedy.

an image taken from Klute (1971)

“ Revisiting New Hollywood Through a 2021 Lens: Jane Fonda’s Klute  ”

Posted on Thu 9 Sept 2021

Cinema Rediscovered 2021 Workshop participant Catherine Putman asks if Klute were to be remade today, would the detective role be awarded to a man?

An image of the online discussion about Film TikTok with Alexis Dickerson

“ The Read on Film TikTok  ”

Posted on Thu 9 Sept 2021

Cinema Rediscovered 2021 Film Critics workshop participant Ian Wang on the reasons why TikToks about cinema might be less interesting than TikToks as cinema.

an image of people on a boat taken from Trip to Sunny Vale Gardens at Hipperholme (1901)

“ There is a Dog on the Boat  ”

Posted on Tue 7 Sept 2021

Cinema Rediscovered 2021 Film Critics participant Charlotte Geater on learning to watch and learning to be watched, inspired by early silent films.

an image of people sitting for a Cinema Rediscovered event

“ My Private Pantheon  ”

Posted on Tue 7 Sept 2021

Cinema Rediscovered 2021 Film Critics workshop participant Clare Brunton on reclaiming the pantheon for herself.