Sample This + Q&A with Dan Forrer
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Posted by Calum Sager on 20 May 2013
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'Sample This' is a forthcoming documentary that we posted about a little while ago and with it now beginning to make its way across the Atlantic to British shores we figured you should give you guys another heads up. Set against the backdrop of social and political turbulence in the USA of the late 1960s, Sample This tells the amazing story of the creation of one of the most influential albums in popular music.

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London In 1927
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Posted by Calum Sager on 13 May 2013
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Here is some incredible colour footage of London, shot in 1927. Filmed by an early British pioneer of film, Claude Frisse-Greene made a number of travelogues using the colour process his father William - a noted cinematographer - was experimenting with.

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The Harder They Come
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Posted by Calum Sager on 10 May 2013
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'The Harder They Come' is a 1972 Jamaican film directed by Perry Henzell and co-written by Trevor D. Rhone. The film stars the one and only Jimmy Cliff who plays Ivanhoe Martin, a character based on Rhyging, a real-life Jamaican criminal who achieved infamy in the 1940s.

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Taylor Mead R.I.P
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Posted by Calum Sager on 9 May 2013
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The sad news has just reached us that Warhol star, writer, and poet Taylor Mead died yesterday at the age of 88. Born and raised
in Detroit Michigan, he began his silver screen acting career in Ron Rice's classic 'The Flower Thief' before appearing in several of Andy Warhol's underground films including 'Tarzan' and 'Jane Regained... Sort of' (1963) and 'Taylor Mead's Ass' (1964).

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12 O'Clock Boys
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Posted by Calum Sager on 25 April 2013
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Pug, a thirteen year old boy living on a dangerous Westside block, has one goal in mind: to join the 12 O’Clock Boys; the notorious urban dirt-bike gang of Baltimore. Converging from all parts of the inner city, they invade the streets and clash with police, who are forbidden to chase the bikes for fear of endangering the public.

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Edible Cinema Presents: This Is Spinal Tap
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Posted by Calum Sager on 23 April 2013
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Edible Cinema is a unique viewing experience. When you enter the cinema you are given a tray of numbered, packaged items. At set points in the film a number flashes up at the side of the screen and you open & consume the corresponding package.

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Sound Business (1981)
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Posted by Calum Sager on 22 April 2013
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This film entitled 'Sound Business' looks at the role of the Sound System in reggae and in UK culture in general, during a golden area for UK based Sound Systems. Shot in 1981 and narrated by Mikey Dread of Channel One the film has a particular focus on Sound Systems like the ‘Young Lion’ Sound System, and ‘Sir Coxsone’ Sound System, with in depth interviews with the crew of each.

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All Dressed Up & Going Nowhere (1971)
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Posted by Calum Sager on 16 April 2013
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All Dressed Up & Going Nowhere is a documentary filmed in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1971. It looks at the bitter rivalries between 'the skinheads', and their rivals, known as 'the hairies'. The film is a great cultural document, it features interviews with many gang members as well as community leaders who try to shed some light of the causes of these violent divisions in their community.

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Danny Says: A Documentary On Danny Fields
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Posted by Calum Sager on 11 April 2013
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Danny Says is a documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields. Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a pivotal role in music and “culture” of the late 20th century: working for the Doors, Cream, Lou Reed, Nico, Judy Collins and managing groundbreaking artists like the Stooges, the MC5 and the Ramones.

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The Short And Curlies - Mike Leigh (1987)
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Posted by Calum Sager on 10 April 2013
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'The Short & Curlies' is a 1987 short film written and directed by Mike Leigh. It stars Alison Steadman, Wendy Nottingham, Sylvestra Le Touzel and David Thewlis.

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