The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

BLACK POWER MIXTAPES 1967-1975 AND THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS

T-0-N-I-G-H-T CULTIVATE looks at the most iconic period in modern history; in a period that shaped the one of the worlds largest democracies, giving a voice to the invisible classes, it was period of revolution not just in the developed world but also in the developing north African states one of the most prominent was that of Algeria which had ten years earlier attempted to oust their French colonial power. Tonight as a precursor to black history month CULTIVATE brings you BLACK POWER MIXTAPES 1967-1975 and THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS

PERFECT BLUE AND REDLINE

PERFECT BLUE AND REDLINE

This week we explore Anime with Takeshi koike’s REDLINE, this high octane visually inventive vision of the future set in the world of motor racing the film centres around JP a reckless dare devil oblivious to speed and in turn to the world that surrounds him. With a militaristic government pulling the strings in background, a common thread in a lot of Anime features the fear of living in a utilitarian state. With all the main contenders oblivious to what lies beneath this play out as one of the most stylish film produced in recent years to extent that you forget your watching an animation, a designed to stimulate all the senses a film for film fans and Anime fans alike.

Next up Satoshi Kon’s PERFECT BLUE this dark thriller takes a subverted look at fame, Focusing on Mima Kirigoe singer turned actress who’s life is life is turned upside down when she lands a role in a murder mystery. Her life rapidly descends into madness as reality merges into fantasy as her hallucinations deepen so does her paranoia. Delusional and helpless the filmmakers drag you deeper into her world. Kon creates a terrifying voyeuristic netherworld with help from Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira); this is a suspense thriller in the truest sense with an added surrealist spin on the genera turning from it Anime into a classic.

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PIERROT LE FOU AND WEEKEND

JEAN-LUC GODARD DOUBLE BILL

This weeks double bill is an existentialist treat from one of France's greatest visual interpreter of existential text, the king of social and political deconstruction his open ended style draws you in to his world. Turning every frame  into a single work of art, it could only be JEAN-LUC GODARD, with two of his classics PIERROT LE FOU and WEEKEND from unexplained attraction to a car crash that questions class, culture, politics and of course existence.

DEEP THROAT AND BEYOND THE VALLY OF THE DOLLS

FLOORED FEMINIST DOUBLE BILL

This weeks double bills looks at from a floored sense of creative justification. The first film is the famous or infamous DEEP THROAT, it  attempts to look at sexual empowerment through the eyes of a woman disguised as a male porn director. The story revolves around Linda Lovelace's quest for sexual satisfaction and the ultimate climax and lengths she goes to achieve it. Next up is BEYOND THE VALLY OF THE DOLLS Russ Meyer's psychedelic extravaganza penned by celebrity film critic Roger Ebert cleverly fills the screen with excess weaving five film genres into one film everything from comedy to melodrama. Setting an all female band at the heart of the film it gives the film makers ample opportunity to exploit their main protagonists as the film takes a darker turn, if you are a fan of film or student of film it is quite an education.