David Byrne’s American Utopia (12A)
- RBC Film Theatre Mill Road Dumfries, Scotland, DG2 7BE United Kingdom (map)
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After October 7th the world was shocked and sympathetic following the Hamas attacks in Israel. Within a few short months most of this sympathy had gone as the world recoiled in horror at the brutality of the Israeli response to these attacks, while few Israeli Jews seem to have noticed anything untoward.
As a British-American Jew Gillian Mosely wanted to know what has happened to make Jews, a people who have experienced oppression, othering, and genocide, exhibit such moral and humanitarian numbness. More widely, how does the moral disengagement that allows atrocities the world over, happen?
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The Paw Patrol lands on a mysterious dinosaur island after a storm, where they meet Rex, a stranded pup. When Humdinger's reckless mining triggers a volcano, the team faces their biggest rescue mission yet to save the island.
This special preview screening of Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie is in aid of the MediCinema charity.
MediCinema improves the wellbeing and quality of life of NHS patients and their families through the power of the shared cinema experience and the magic of film. MediCinema create and operate cinemas inside hospitals, specially designed to accommodate beds, wheelchairs and medical equipment and they screen the latest films completely free of charge. Using this unique approach their cinema-based programmes boost patient resilience, improving the emotional and physical impact of being in hospital.
At no cost to the NHS, since the inaugural MediCinema opened in 1999 at St Thomas' Hospital in London, they've provided hundreds of thousands of unforgettable cinematic experiences to patients, their families, and those closest to them, completely free of charge.
All net proceeds from this screening will go to MediCinema.
‘Do we get stupider as we grow up?’ In his wildly popular Broadway show American Utopia, David Byrne reflects on human connections, life and how on earth we work through it. He joins the dots with his music and it all starts making sense. Spike Lee here transforms the production into immersive, dynamic cinema that radiates with astounding performances, inventive contemporary dance and political urgency. American Utopia flows like an iridescent dream vision. Work by James Baldwin, Janelle Monáe and Kurt Schwitters is highlighted among exhilarating renditions of Byrne’s solo work, as well as Talking Heads classics.
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While the Monday Night Film Club takes its summer break, we thought we'd bring you one off monthly screenings on a Tuesday in June, July and August. It’s a Film + Discussion + Coffee evening and everyone is welcome to attend. No membership required.
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After their ship gets caught in a mysterious storm, the PAW Patrol pups crash land on an uncharted tropical island filled with dinosaurs. They meet Rex, a pup who has been stranded on the island for years and has become an expert in all things dino-related. When the PAW Patrol's arch-rival, Mayor Humdinger, begins recklessly mining in hopes of exploiting the island for its natural resources, he inadvertently causes a huge, dormant volcano to erupt. The PAW Patrol pups are thrown into a series of high-stakes, dino-sized rescues bigger than anything they've done before, as they must stop Humdinger before everything on the island goes extinct.
- Tagged: Documentary, August, Music, 12A
