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The Blue Description Project – Film Screening and Discussion

A blue background with subtitles which say: [slower, Blue singlets, on the edge of hearing - then four fast] A blue... at times, a witness... of what is to come.
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The Blue Description Project is a new experimental version of Derek Jarman’s seminal film, Blue (1993), featuring expanded accessibility measures. Free and open to everyone.

  • When: Thursday 13 June 2024, 6.30 pm
  • Location: Bonington Gallery, Bonington Building, Dryden Street, Nottingham, NG1 4GG
  • Cost: Free
  • Booking deadline: Thursday 13 June 2024, 6.30 pm
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Event details

Join us at Bonington Gallery to experience The Blue Description Project (2023), a new experimental version of Derek Jarman’s seminal film, Blue (1993).

The screening features expanded accessibility measures including audio description, creative captions and in-person British Sign Language interpretation.

About the film

In 1993, Derek Jarman released Blue, an epoch-defining account of AIDS, illness, and the experience of disability in a culture of repressive heteronormativity and compulsory able-bodiedness. Though often referred to as a feature film, Blue never existed exclusively in one medium. It was screened in theatres, simulcast on television and radio, released as a CD, and published as a book, creating opportunities for many different kinds of sensory abilities—visual, aural, and textual—to experience the work.

  • Tickets are free and the event is open to the public
  • The film is 81 minutes long and will be screened after a short welcome and introduction.
  • Following the screening there will be a short interval before a Q&A with Elaine Lillian Joseph who is the audio describer for BDP, and Sarah Hayden who is the third collaborator who worked on the BDP project.
  • Free refreshments will be available throughout the evening.

Content warnings
During the screening, there will be strong language, discussion of violence (with some specific reference to war and displacement), death, homophobia, ableism, suicide, and pain. Intended for audiences aged 15+.

For further information, including accessibility information please visit the Bonington Gallery webpage.

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Location details

Address:

Bonington Gallery
Bonington Building
Dryden Street
 Nottingham
 NG1 4GG
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