a way of living : kettle's yard
Synopsis
‘You want to look at how it is and marvel at the ordinariness of it and the extraordinariness of it all’ (Lubaina Himid)
Kettle’s Yard is a small, humble home. Created by a couple, Jim & Helen Ede, who, with little money, became supporters and friends of many of the most important artists of the 20th Century. Jim survived the trenches of the First World War but despaired of a society that could allow such horrors. His is a quiet, very British, revolution that has a powerful resonance today.
‘These fragments that you find all around Kettle’s Yard, they’re almost an equivalent to the fragments of a bomb blast that he’s trying to capture and hold, he’s trying to stop this explosive force of horror and warfare and people fighting’ (Andrew Nairne)
Antony Gormley, Edmund de Waal, Cornelia Parker, Ai Weiwei and others, passionately explain why this humble place is so important to them and why Jim’s radical ideas are vital for us today.
Details
- Year
- 2027
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 87 min
- Format
- Digital 4K / HD
- Director
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Chris Vile 1st Feature
- Producer
- Chris Vile, Lydia Conway
- Executive Producer
- Edward Benthall, Sally Benthall
- Editor
- Justin Krish
- Director of Photography
- Chris Vile
- Sound
- Chris Vile
- Composer
- Erland Cooper
- Principal cast
- Antony Gormley, Edmund de Waal, Cornelia Parker, Ai Weiwei, Caroline Wendling, Harold Offeh, Peter Randall-Page, Lubaina Himid, Andrew Nairne, Laura Freeman
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Payne's Grey Films
Chris VileMiddle Gooseford
Whiddon Down
Okehampton
Devon EX20 2QH
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