What’s On: Brian Hill Retrospective
Doc-lovers! A little message from SP’s friends at Bertha Dochouse – check out their exciting programme for this week below…
Marking the release Brian Hill’s latest film, The Confessions of Thomas Quick, Bertha DocHouse is celebrating one of the most radical and respected directors in the UK with a selective retrospective of his work.
Over the last decades, Brian Hill has consistently pushed the bar for documentary by finding inventive ways to make films that challenge audiences and stimulate debate. Brian’s ability to explore powerful social messages through innovative and engaging forms is unique. A retrospective to celebrate his wide-ranging body of work is long overdue.
Films
The Confessions of Thomas Quick – courtesy of Bertha Dochouse
The Confessions of Thomas Quick
Brian Hill’s latest film is a real-life noir thriller which uncovers the truth behind Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, Thomas Quick.
Saturday Night & Drinking For England
A double bill of Brian Hill’s first collaborations with poet Simon Armitage takes us to Leeds on a Saturday Night and into the lives of England’s drinkers.
This pair of emotionally resonant films see Brian Hill collaborating with poet Simon Armitage to give voice to young men and women of Feltham and Downview Prisons– voices we rarely hear.
A quieter and more intense film than others in this retrospective, The Not Dead carries a political message addressing PTSD across three generations of soldiers. The use of poetry is much subtler and more profound in this, Brian Hill’s last collaboration with Simon Armitage.
The Not Dead – courtesy of 2pigsediting.co.uk
Schedule
Mon 17th Aug:
18.20: The Confessions of Thomas Quick
20.30: The Confessions of Thomas Quick
Tues 18th Aug:
18.30: The Not Dead + Introduction by Brian Hill
Weds 19th Aug:
18.30: Double Bill: Saturday Night & Drinking for England + Q&A with Brian Hill
21.00: The Confessions of Thomas Quick
Thurs 20th Aug:
18.30: Double Bill: Feltham Sings & Songbirds
21.00: The Confessions of Thomas Quick
Bertha DocHouse is the UK’s first documentary cinema based at Curzon Bloomsbury. Book tickets and find more information here.