Thursday 28 April | 10.00 am
Illustrator and visual artist currently based in London and Berlin. Her work often focuses on musical themes, an interest that goes back to a childhood fascination with the jazz records in her grandfather’s collection and which dovetails with another of her artistic interests: DJing, specifically the sounds of late seventies and early eighties funk and...
Thursday 28 April | 7.30 pm
The Bowery becomes a nexus of shattered dreams when a merchant has 72 hours to pay his rent. Facing extinction, his ramshackle tent of antiquities lures a troop of misfits, freaks and renegades who form a tableaux full of carnival pageantry, white lies and victimless crime in a fleeting glimpse of Downtown New York. The...
Thursday 28 April | 8.45 pm
A documentary about Clayton Patterson who, since 1979, has dedicated his life to documenting the final era of raw creativity and lawlessness in New York City’s Lower East Side. His photo collection includes approximately half a million prints, hundreds of thousands of digital photos, thousands of hours of video tape. As well as the various...
Thursday 28 April | 11.00 pm
East London’s Disco crew Lasermagnetic celebrate 6 years of parties showcasing the night life culture of the late 70s & 80s, with two of the hottest Chicago & Los Angeles DJ’s, Rahaan & Zernell. Both were protegees of Ron Hardy, who is credited for the rise of House music through his residency in Chicago’s legendary...
Friday 29 April | 9.00 pm
GOOD TIMES is the story of Sound System culture. Against the backdrop of the late seventies and through to the late eighties Notting Hill, we follow the journey of one man. A driving ambition to spread black music to a country divided by political and social unrest drove Norman Jay to battle against not only...
Friday 29 April | 11.00 pm
Following the ethos of the Norman Jay documentary, club night Tape will keep the audience entertained until the early hours, making sure Good Times will be had by those who decide make the most out of the Bank Holiday and East End Film festival celebrations. From 11pm
Ziggy Kinder (Ware Records / Souvenir Music)
, Robin...
Saturday 30 April | 8.00 pm
Jamaica continues to be on top of the world-wide music scene, as Reggae has evolved into a new genre, Dancehall. Anywhere, at any time, tunes created by artists from the ghetto tell the story of a society whose reality is marked by violence and poverty. This documentary introduces us to Yellowman, an albino who was...
Saturday 30 April | 10.00 pm
New York, France, Israel, Palestine, Senegal, Columbia… Hip Hop has travelled through time and crossed many borders as a worldwide protest music. This documentary film is a musical statement of society seen through the eyes of those that make Hip Hop the art form it is today. By following both established stars and up-and-coming new...
Saturday 30 April | 11.30 pm
Director Joshua Atesh Little is traveling in from NYC and two rappers from the cast will join him. Hip Hop DJs & more curated by Rough Trade Records. Where: Red Gallery Bar Time: 11.30 pm to 4.00 am Music policy: Hip Hop
