Russell’s stunning feature debut is an epic road movie drawing from documentary and ethnography. Set in Suriname and shot almost entirely with 16mm steadicam, in thirteen extended ten-minute shots it follows two brothers as they trek from Paramaribo to rainforest villages of the Maroons. Their journey powerfully mirrors that undertaken by their ancestors escape from slavery 300 years earlier.
Dir. Ben Russell, 135mins, 2009, US
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Book Tickets
Thu 29 March 7.30pm-9.45pm
Stepney Bank
Newcastle NE1 2NP
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