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

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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

Genre

Scottish Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Selkie Productions

Wendy Griffin

griffin.wendy9@gmail.com

Sales Company

The Festivals Agency

Leslie Vuchot

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