Changing With The Tides (12A*) + Live Poetry & ScreenTalk with director Daniel Cook
Emerging Film Curators Film Series
Head out to sea with this selection of shorts documenting the dramatic shifts in fishing industries and communities across seven decades.
Changing with the Tides is an immersive journey across coastal communities in the UK and beyond, traces technological, social and economic changes in the fishing industry and how it has affected the workers that partake in it. Beginning with the poetic rhythms of traditional swordfish-hunting in Vittorio De Seta’s The Age of Swordfish (1954), the programme traces how cinematic portrayals of the lives of fishermen have been affected by the globalisation of the industry across three key time periods.
Beginning on the coasts of 1950s Sicily and ending on the North East shores of Scotland in 2021, these powerful short films are accompanied by live poetry readings and guest speakers.
Please note the previously advertised short film Last Fisherman will no longer be screened as part of this event.
Curated by Aryan Tauqeer Khawaja, Sophiya Sian, Tony Yang
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£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.
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Programme
Underwater Story
Made in collaboration with the Scottish Home Department's Marine Laboratory at Torry, Aberdeen, the film shows how marine scientists were attempting to overcome declining fish stock in the North Sea.
UK, 1951, 20 min
The Age of Swordfish
In this exhilarating and evocative documentary, fishermen hunt swordfish from the shores of Sicily.
Italy, 1954, Vittorio De Seta, 11 min
Trawling North Sea: Dicketa, 1974 (extract)
Super 8 colour film offering a unique and personal view of fishermens’ lives, filmed on board a North Sea Trawler by a Lowestoft skipper.
UK, 1974, Paul Meen, 5 min
The Bayview
On the North East Coast of Scotland, an extraordinary family have turned a previously derelict hotel into a place of respite for international fishermen when they come to land.
UK, 2021, Daniel Cook, 18 min
Cinema 2
Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue.
Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
Public transport
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We’ve plenty of places for you to relax and replenish, from coffee and cake to wood-fired pizzas and full pre-theatre menus
Access
Cinemas 2 & 3 are located at Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican Centre’s main Silk Street entrance. There are a couple of steep, dropped kerbs and an incline to negotiate between the two sites. Level access from Beech Street.
Mobility
Each auditorium has three permanent wheelchair spaces (two in the third row and one in the front row) and 153 fixed seats with capacity for a further three spaces in the front row. Access to each auditorium is up a ramp. There are also a number of seats with step-free access.
Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs may be taken into the cinema – please tell us when booking to ensure your seat has enough space. If you prefer, you may leave your dog with a member of the foyer staff during the performance.
Hearing facility
An infrared system for hard of hearing customers is provided in each auditorium; headsets or neck loops can be collected from foyer staff. The ticket desk counter is fitted with an induction loop.
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