Screening: The Gold Diggers (1983)

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Directed by the esteemed UK film-maker Sally Potter and scripted in collaboration with Of Other Spacesartist Rose English and musician Lindsay Cooper, The Gold Diggers follows the quest of two women seeking to understand the nature of money (gold) and the nature of the female film star as an icon of cinema. Drawing parallels between gold and the iconic celebrity woman as objects to be exchanged, the film uses Brechtian techniques between what is the film and what is real life.

With its numerous references to the history of cinema, from D.W Griffith's Way Down East (US, 1920) through the Hollywood musical Gold Diggers of 1933 (US, d. Mervyn LeRoy, 1933) to David Lean's Doctor Zhivago(1965), The Gold Diggers celebrates and yet also critiques mainstream cinema including the exchangeable bodies featured.

35mm film transferred to digital, black and white, 89 mins
Director: Sally Potter
Production Company: BFI Production Board
Channel Four
Script: Lindsay Cooper, Rose English, Sally Potter
Photography: Babette Mangolte
Music: Lindsay Cooper

Find out more about the film via the BFI website here and Sally Potter’s website here.

This screening of The Gold Diggers is part of the Of Other Spaces Event Series.

Upcoming Events:

We Dance Ourselves! Re:Rosas! Participatory Dance Workshop #3:
Friday 10 February, 5:30 – 7.00pm led by Melanie Forbes Broomes
Screening of Nightcleaners (1975) by Berwick Street Film Collective: Wednesday 15 February, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Reading Group / Workshop: Wednesday 22 February, 6:00 - 8:00pm led by Dr. Catherine Spencer
Closing Performance Event: Saturday 4 March 2017, 2:00 – 6:00pm with performance by Anne Bean, He Chengyao and Siön Parkinson.