Celebrate Black History Month 2016

The University of Nottingham is celebrating Black History Month with music, public lectures, open discussion and […]

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Tags: Black and Minority Ethnic, Black History Month, BME, BME Staff Network, Boradway Cinema, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, community, culture, events, film, history, lecture, local, music, New Art Exchange, Nottingham Contemporary, public lecture, Rights and Justice, Rough Trade, Val Watson

Girl with all the Gifts = Pandora? Greek mythology in Mike Carey’s Melanie-stories

Dr Lynn Fotheringham, Department of Classics and part of the Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception, gives this talk exploring the link between the Pandora figure in Greek mythology and upcoming film The Girl with all the Gifts, based on the novel by MR Carey.

Tags: CADRE, Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception, classics, culture, Department of classics, Drama, film, Lynn Fotheringham, popular culture, public lecture, theatre

Outdoor cinema

Nottingham Lakeside Arts and the University’s Film Society, The Silver Screen, are delighted to be working in partnership with QUAD and Nottingham City Council Parks to bring a new opportunity to enjoy cinema al fresco style!

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Outdoor cinema – vote for a film

Nottingham Lakeside Arts and the University’s Film Society, The Silver Screen, are working in partnership with […]

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Inside Hollywood with Peter Rice

Peter Rice, Chairman and CEO for the Fox Networks Group and Nottingham alumnus, reflects on his career in Hollywood and his roles in delivering some of the most successful films and television entertainment of our time.

Tags: alumni, Campaign and Alumni Relations Office, film, industry, Peter Rice, television

Nottingham film scoops Learning on Screen Award

A University of Nottingham team has been recognised at the Learning on Screen Awards 2016, the […]

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Tags: award, awards, film, Learning on Screen Awards, Libraries Research and Learning Resources, LRLR, media, prize, video

London Spy – screening and Q&A

The BBC2 drama London Spy, starring Ben Whishaw and Edward Holcroft, was one of the most stylish and divisive series of 2015. We’re delighted to welcome writer Tom Rob Smith, writer and producer of London Spy and author of the best-selling novel Child 44, who will talk about the series after a screening of episode 1. Spoiler alert: the talk is likely to include details covering the entire series. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.

Tags: BBC, Broadway Cinema, film, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Rights and Justice, screening, television, Tom Rob Smith

LGBT Film Festival

Join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the University’s Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice for a film festival at the Nottingham Contemporary, Saturday 6 February, 11-5pm. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, fesitval, film, gay and lesbian, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Nottingham Contemporary, Rights and Justice, trans

Upendo – film, discussion, performance

Join us for Upendo, an afternoon of film, discussion and performance exploring the LGBTQ community in Africa and its diaspora and issues of human rights, religion and philosophy. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.

Tags: Africa, culture, equality and diversity, film, Film Audience Network, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Nottingham City Council, people and culture, screening, Stella Vision

Breakfast on Pluto – screening and Q&A

Join us for a screening of the 2005 comedy-drama Breakfast on Pluto, written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Cillian Murphy. The screening will also include an introduction and a Q&A session. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.

Tags: culture, equality and diversity, film, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, people and culture, screening, trans