Saturday 15 March 2008, 19.00

A programme dedicated to the critical powers of cinema, its radical interrogation of the nature of sounds and images, and of the ethical function of cinema’s place in the world. Including work by Maurice Lemaître, eminent member of the provocative Lettrism movement, René Vautier, leading light of militant filmmaking, and Michel Desrois, member of the utopian Medvedkine Group.

Cinema Cinema (Cinéma Cinéma),Jean-Pierre Lajournade, 1969, 14', 35mm

Around Abel Gance's La Roue (Autour de La Roue) Blaise Cendrars, 1923, 11’, 35mm

Letter to my friend Pol Cèbe (Lettre à mon ami Pol Cèbe) Michel Desrois, 1970, 17', 16mm

Imaginary films (Films imaginaires) Maurice Lemaître, 1985, 28', 16mm

Destruction of the archives (Destruction des archives) René Vautier, 10’, 16mm

Lighting, Othello Vilgard, 2002, 7’, 16mm

The Screening, Ariane Michel, 2007, 24’, video

Programme duration 88 minutes

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended
Treat yourself to a season ticket £50 (£40 concessions). For tickets book online or call 020 7887 8888.

    

This event is related to the Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia exhibition