Project Detail

The Lynda Myles Project: A Manifesto

Synopsis

Structuring this intimate and insightful portrait of Lynda Myles, academic Susan Kemp invokes a form known to define, criticise, and shift paradigms in culture – the manifesto. Meshing archival material with interview subjects including Jim Hickey and B. Ruby Rich, Kemp employs a series of provocations to tease out the philosophy behind a lifetime of ground-breaking film work. In the film's central conversation, Myles beautifully expresses the thrill of putting on a show (including the 1972 Women's Event, pioneering retrospectives of Douglas Sirk, Sam Fuller and Raoul Walsh and many more) while always avoiding the polite.
This vivid filmic manifesto is an active document set to inspire anyone who programmes, produces or simply loves cinema today. (Kate Taylor)
Official selection Dublin International Film Festival 2024 - UK premiere

Details

Year
2024
Type of film
Features
Running time
85 min
Format
Digital
Director
Susan Kemp
Producer
Wendy Griffin
Executive Producer
Mark Cousins
Editor
Susan Kemp
Director of Photography
Katrina McPherson
Sound
Tom Lyne
Composer
Tom Lyne
Principal cast
Lynda Myles

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Production Status

Production Company

Selkie Productions

Wendy Griffin

Sales Company

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