The Lynda Myles Project: A Manifesto

About the event

Structuring this intimate and insightful portrait of Lynda Myles, Film, Exhibition & Curation's 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.

Presented here in a special preview as a work in progress, where post-screening audience responses will be welcomed, this vivid filmic manifesto is an active document set to inspire anyone who programmes, produces or simply loves cinema today.

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This event is part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Edinburgh International Festival website.

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Related links

Read an interview with Lynda on Edinburgh Impact