You Should've Seen Us
Launch event for festival organisers: Tuesday 28th February 2012 – 7:30pm, Friargate Theatre, York
You Should’ve Seen Us presents a selection of films from the Yorkshire Film Archive edited to combine the moving image with a recorded spoken text.
This launch presentation - which is aimed at festival organisers - covers a period from 1908 to 1958. Audiences hear Paul Mills’ poems, spoken by himself and actors. Some are commentaries, others imagined voices of people in North Yorkshire from before, during and after the Second World War, so that a picture emerges of a period of cultural change. Through the use of different voices and skilful editing, the aim of the collaboration is to question, often in a tone of comic irony, how we respond to images of local and national history, to encourage audiences to discuss their reactions, and to explore some of the various ways archive films can stimulate new writing.
The fifty minute screen presentation has been designed for showing at literature and film festivals within the region and beyond. Viewing is in two parts, with an introduction, short interval, questions and discussion. Overall time: approximately two hours.
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For more information about the launch event and booking, contact: youshouldveseenus@gmail.com or 01765 603633
