Films Archives - Groovescooter

BLITZED FOR MARDI GRAS
A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE "BLITZ KIDS"

“Sometimes being yourself is the most political act you can ever commit; saying this is what I am unapologetically: I’m queer and I’m not depressed about it!”

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CYMANDE DOCUMENTARY
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE FOR EMC FESTIVAL

We're delighted to present a new documentary about Black British Caribbean supergroup Cymande for its Australian Premiere Party in Sydney during the EMC Festival. Join us & relive the magic.

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THE HARDER THEY COME
50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING + DJS

Come celebrate one of the greatest Jamaican films & reggae soundtracks for their 50th Anniversary as Jimmy Cliff lights up the screen in this unfiltered & restored cult-classic crime drama

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WHO KILLED THE KLF?
FINALLY! AUSTRALIAN CINEMA PREMIERES

Travel back in time to MuMuLand for this anarchic group's story. Befittingly it's fully-unauthorised, but art situationists Bill Drummond & Jimmy Cauty appear as disembodied timelord guides.

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KING CRIMSON FILM
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

Is Robert Fripp a disciplinarian? How do you hold together a band when everyone’s playing in different time signatures? Enter the court of the crimson king & have your answers questioned.

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PAT POWELL DOCUMENTARY
PATOU: IN BLACK & WHITE

A candid documentary about the British-born, Jamaican-Australian vocalist whose credits range from fronting the Melbourne Ska Orchestra to being Kylie Minogue's back-up singer of choice.

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TRAMPS! FILM: EMC FESTIVAL
QUEER 80S LONDON

Join us as we go beyond the Blitz Kids, for a deep-dive into '80s London & the Queer counterculture architects who shaped music, art, fashion & more. Just don’t call them “new romantics"!

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NAIDOC WEEK SCREENING
WASH MY SOUL IN THE RIVER'S FLOW

With a portion of ticket sales donated to the Aboriginal Legal Service, our 2022 NAIDOC week screening of the beautiful Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter film will include a filmmaker Q&A

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REBEL DREAD
DON LETTS

The story of Britain's "punky-reggae party" counterculture and its dreadlocked agitator, maverick DJ/musician, filmmaker, commentator and Big Audio Dynamite sample-scalpelist DON LETTS

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I GET KNOCKED DOWN
CHUMBAWAMBA DOCUMENTARY

15 years before Tubthumping, anarchist agit-punk collective Chumbawamba began stirring up shit with anti-consumerist song-actions. Now the world's totally shit & Dunstan Bruce is a bit lost.

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ST VINCENT
THE NOWHERE INN

Portlandia's Carrie Brownstein sets out to make a probing film on Annie Clark, but the musician's St Vincent persona ensures it's an absurdist, satirical mockumentary. Sydney Premiere

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REBEL DYKES
SYDNEY PREMIERE

In 1980s Britain, aside from the Greenham Common's wimmin protests, radical lesbian bikers, DJs, musos, artists, feminists, punks and performers forged their own sexual liberation front.

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