‘Rebel Dykes’ and ‘Bosco’ Filmmakers Discuss Using Archival Material to Document Marginalized Groups
Film can provide a vital lens for documenting histories which have otherwise been overlooked or swept away in the wake of a dominant narrative.
During a panel at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, titled “The Whole Picture: Adjusting the Lens of History,” a quartet of filmmakers, artists and archivists gathered to discuss how we document and archive the kinds of communities and stories that are often sidelined.
Siobhan Fahey, the archive producer on documentary “Rebel Dykes,” said she realized the history of the titular group of queer activists, who upset the system and built a community of outsiders in 1980s London, had been largely lost.
“I was a Rebel Dyke myself, but I’d never seen it in the books, I’d never read about it. Although I knew when I was living it that it was an exciting and important moment, it just disappeared as soon as it was over,...
During a panel at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, titled “The Whole Picture: Adjusting the Lens of History,” a quartet of filmmakers, artists and archivists gathered to discuss how we document and archive the kinds of communities and stories that are often sidelined.
Siobhan Fahey, the archive producer on documentary “Rebel Dykes,” said she realized the history of the titular group of queer activists, who upset the system and built a community of outsiders in 1980s London, had been largely lost.
“I was a Rebel Dyke myself, but I’d never seen it in the books, I’d never read about it. Although I knew when I was living it that it was an exciting and important moment, it just disappeared as soon as it was over,...
- 8/24/2021
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
The U.K. premieres of Michael Sarnoski’s “Pig,” starring Nicolas Cage, and Billy Crystal’s “Here Today,” where he costars with Tiffany Haddish, will open and close the 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The festival will take place between Aug. 18-25 and will include 32 new features and 73 shorts, with 50% of the new features coming from a female director or co-director. Most of the screenings will take place in-person at the festival home, Filmhouse, with the opening gala and special preview at the Festival Theatre and other screenings at partner venues across Scotland. Digital screenings will be available on streaming platform Filmhouse at Home.
Highlights include the U.K. premiere of Leos Carax’s Cannes winner “Annette,” starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard; “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” with Sharon Horgan and Richard E. Grant; two Scottish films exploring island life, “Prince of Muck” and “The Road Dance”; and social issue-themed “Europa,...
The festival will take place between Aug. 18-25 and will include 32 new features and 73 shorts, with 50% of the new features coming from a female director or co-director. Most of the screenings will take place in-person at the festival home, Filmhouse, with the opening gala and special preview at the Festival Theatre and other screenings at partner venues across Scotland. Digital screenings will be available on streaming platform Filmhouse at Home.
Highlights include the U.K. premiere of Leos Carax’s Cannes winner “Annette,” starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard; “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” with Sharon Horgan and Richard E. Grant; two Scottish films exploring island life, “Prince of Muck” and “The Road Dance”; and social issue-themed “Europa,...
- 7/28/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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