Film Takeover Day
On Saturday 19 November 2022 Scarborough Museums and Galleries hosted a day of film screenings and discussion inspired by the themes linked to From Local to Global. The event brought together around 50 people over the day participating in a programme of short film screenings and Q&A sessions.
Session 1 / Congo Shorts
This screening featured a series of short films which showcased contemporary congolese voices via animation, music and documentary. The aim of screening these films was to invite the audience to think about the role of film as a contemporary archive and how platforms such as YouTube can act as a space for the circulation of knowledge.
Session 1 / Films
After the screening Dorcas Taylor, Curator at Scarborough Museums and Galleries hosted a Q&A with Furaha Muss, a community activist passionate about social justice, grassroots change and using creative means to promote peace.
After screening Pascal's film, we spoke to him on the phone and invited the audience to ask questions. Pascal is a 23 year old student and activist within Extinction Rebellion, University of Goma, and a member of the LUCHA, a Congolese citizens' movement.
Session 2 / Colonial Archives // Moving Image
The aim of this session was to invite the audience to think about how moving image artists have used archives to think with and about our pasts in order to consider present and future happenings. Artist/filmmaker Hope Strickland joined Crescent Arts Curator, Martha Cattell, for a post-screening Q&A.
Session 2 / Films
Hope Strickland, I Will Be Back, 12 mins
Hope Strickland, If I could name you myself (I would hold you forever), 8 mins
Onyeka Igwe, No Archive Can Restore You, 6 mins
Helen Cammock, There's A Hole In The Sky Part I, 19 mins
David Landy, A Terrible Fiction, 12 mins
Session 3 / Citizen Kane and introduction from Errol Francis, was unfortunately cancelled. We are working on rescheduling this event.