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* Being ElmoBeing Elmo

Screening at various locations - click for more info: Every day, millions tune in to Sesame Street to see one of the world's most adored and recognizable characters - a furry red monster named Elmo. This is the story of the man behind the iconic puppet, Kevin Clash. Combining amazing archival footage with material from the present day, this personal documentary explores Kevin's story in vivid detail and chronicles the meteoric rise of Jim Henson in the process.
* MarleyMarley

Shown at most major cinemas at various times, click to see the list of venues on the official Facebook page: Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews.
* BuckBuck

Time: 12:00 PM

Showing at the Picturehouse in Clapham: BUCK is the uplifting and powerful story of a true American cowboy and real-life 'horse whisperer' Buck Brannaman, who travels the US for nine gruelling months a year, helping horses with people problems. This award-winning, visually stunning film follows Brannaman from his troubled childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. His results are nothing short of a miracle, as he dramatically transforms horses and teaches others how to communicate with these majestic creatures.
* Inside JobInside Job

Time: 4:00 PM

This film is being screened as part of the Bread and Roses Film Festival: Oscar winning ‘Inside Job’ provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse.
* Capitalism: A love storyCapitalism: A love story

Time: 5:00 PM

Capitalism: A Love Story examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world). What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism?
* They Call it MyanmarThey Call it Myanmar

Time: 8:30 PM

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema DocHouse presents They Call it Myanmar - Lifting the Curtain: A rare and unparalleled look at Burma, the second-most isolated country in the world. Shot clandestinely over a two-year period, it lifts the curtain to expose everyday life in a country in the grip of a military regime. UK Premiere + Q&A with Director Robert Lieberman
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* Being ElmoBeing Elmo

Screening at various locations - click for more info: Every day, millions tune in to Sesame Street to see one of the world's most adored and recognizable characters - a furry red monster named Elmo. This is the story of the man behind the iconic puppet, Kevin Clash. Combining amazing archival footage with material from the present day, this personal documentary explores Kevin's story in vivid detail and chronicles the meteoric rise of Jim Henson in the process.
* MarleyMarley

Shown at most major cinemas at various times, click to see the list of venues on the official Facebook page: Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews.
* BuckBuck

Time: 12:00 PM

Showing at the Picturehouse in Clapham: BUCK is the uplifting and powerful story of a true American cowboy and real-life 'horse whisperer' Buck Brannaman, who travels the US for nine gruelling months a year, helping horses with people problems. This award-winning, visually stunning film follows Brannaman from his troubled childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. His results are nothing short of a miracle, as he dramatically transforms horses and teaches others how to communicate with these majestic creatures.
* BuckBuck

Time: 2:00 PM

Showing at the Prince Charles cinema in London: BUCK is the uplifting and powerful story of a true American cowboy and real-life 'horse whisperer' Buck Brannaman, who travels the US for nine gruelling months a year, helping horses with people problems. This award-winning, visually stunning film follows Brannaman from his troubled childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. His results are nothing short of a miracle, as he dramatically transforms horses and teaches others how to communicate with these majestic creatures.
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* Being ElmoBeing Elmo

Screening at various locations - click for more info: Every day, millions tune in to Sesame Street to see one of the world's most adored and recognizable characters - a furry red monster named Elmo. This is the story of the man behind the iconic puppet, Kevin Clash. Combining amazing archival footage with material from the present day, this personal documentary explores Kevin's story in vivid detail and chronicles the meteoric rise of Jim Henson in the process.
* MarleyMarley

Shown at most major cinemas at various times, click to see the list of venues on the official Facebook page: Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews.
* BuckBuck

Time: 2:00 PM

Showing at the Prince Charles cinema in London: BUCK is the uplifting and powerful story of a true American cowboy and real-life 'horse whisperer' Buck Brannaman, who travels the US for nine gruelling months a year, helping horses with people problems. This award-winning, visually stunning film follows Brannaman from his troubled childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. His results are nothing short of a miracle, as he dramatically transforms horses and teaches others how to communicate with these majestic creatures.
* BuckBuck

Time: 2:10 PM

Showing at the Picturehouse in Clapham: BUCK is the uplifting and powerful story of a true American cowboy and real-life 'horse whisperer' Buck Brannaman, who travels the US for nine gruelling months a year, helping horses with people problems. This award-winning, visually stunning film follows Brannaman from his troubled childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. His results are nothing short of a miracle, as he dramatically transforms horses and teaches others how to communicate with these majestic creatures.
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* MarleyMarley

Shown at most major cinemas at various times, click to see the list of venues on the official Facebook page: Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews.
* Two Years at SeaTwo Years at Sea

Screening at various locations, click here to find out more. Award-winning Two Years at Sea is the debut feature from artist film-maker Ben Rivers, commissioned and produced through FLAMIN Productions.
* Poets of protest + Q&A Poets of protest + Q&A

Time: 5:00 PM

This event will take part as part of the Bread and Roses Film Festival: Exclusive sneak preview of work in progress Al Jazeera documentaries - Poetry in the Middle East lives and breathes like few other places. An open forum discussion where the filmmakers will be talking about the making of the Poets of Protest series of documentaries and the role of poetry as a form of protest.
* Reluctant Revolutionary + Q&AReluctant Revolutionary + Q&A

Time: 7:00 PM

Screening as part of the Bread and Roses Film Festival: The Reluctant Revolutionary is an intimate portrait of Yemen as the revolution unfolds, told through the eyes of Kais, an intelligent if ambivalent commentator on the changing times in Yemen, offering poignant moments of reflection, loss, anger and hope on the unknown road to revolution and change.
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* MarleyMarley

Shown at most major cinemas at various times, click to see the list of venues on the official Facebook page: Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews.
* Black Power Mix Tape + Q&ABlack Power Mix Tape + Q&A

Time: 2:30 PM

Screening as part of the Bread and Roses Film Festival: The Black Power Mixtape examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, startling 16mm footage, interviews from leading African-American artists, activists, musicians and scholars.
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* MarleyMarley

Shown at most major cinemas at various times, click to see the list of venues on the official Facebook page: Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews.
* AbendlandAbendland

Time: 12:00 PM

Screening at the Gate cinema: ABENDLAND is an observation of Europe at night. Under the cover of darkness, people don't just sleep; they work and play, are born and die. Systems are maintained, many of them protected. A large number of night jobs involve surveillance and exclusion. What kind of Europe is this that we don't let others participate in? Darkness can help us see things more clearly.
* The Uprising of ’34The Uprising of ’34

Time: 3:00 PM

UK Premiere screening as part of the Bread and Roses Film Festival: On May 29, 1955, the citizens of Honea Path, South Carolina, dedicated a memorial to the 7 local workers who had been killed during the general textile strike of '34. The existence of the strike had been publicly unacknowledged for over 60 years. Only through this documentary did the events and significance of the strike return to public awareness.
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* MarleyMarley

Shown at most major cinemas at various times, click to see the list of venues on the official Facebook page: Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews.
* Real Social NetworkReal Social Network

Time: 6:00 PM

Screening as part of the Bread and Roses Film Festival: The Real Social Network captures the passion, the anger and the technology that has forever changed the game between those in power and us.
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* MarleyMarley

Shown at most major cinemas at various times, click to see the list of venues on the official Facebook page: Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews.
* 6 Billion Ways: London 2012 6 Billion Ways: London 2012

Time: 7:30 PM

On at the RichMix: '6 Billion Ways: London 2012 - The Olympics winners and loser' is an an evening of short films and discussion about the legacy of the London Olympics. Will the legacy of the London Olympics be exploited garment workers and the marginalisation of local communities?
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* Marley + Q&AMarley + Q&A

Time: 7:30 PM

DocHouse Thursdays together with the Riverside Studios presents a screening of Marley followed by a Q&A with director Kevin MacDonald: This definitive doc on the life of Bob Marley - musician, revolutionary, legend - overflows with never-before-seen footage, insights and the music that brought him from grinding poverty in the townships of Kingston to enduring international fame.
* AbendlandAbendland

Time: 8:30 PM

Screening at Stratford East Picturehouse: ABENDLAND is an observation of Europe at night. Under the cover of darkness, people don't just sleep; they work and play, are born and die. Systems are maintained, many of them protected. A large number of night jobs involve surveillance and exclusion. What kind of Europe is this that we don't let others participate in? Darkness can help us see things more clearly.
* Jascha Heifetz: God's FiddlerJascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler

Time: 8:30 PM

Screening at Greenwich Picturehouse: Through previously unseen footage, home movies, concert performances and testimonies from musicians, friends and students, JASCHA HEIFETZ: GOD'S FIDDLER tells the story, of a legendary but mysterious musician.
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* Two Years at SeaTwo Years at Sea

Screening at various locations, click here to find out more. Award-winning Two Years at Sea is the debut feature from artist film-maker Ben Rivers, commissioned and produced through FLAMIN Productions.
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* Putin's KissPutin's Kiss

Time: 12:00 PM

Screening at the Gate cinema: PUTIN'S KISS is a rare insight into the core of Russian democracy 'Putin-style'. We meet Masha, 19, who has become a spokesperson for Nashi, a political youth organization working to support the current political system. Their agenda, however, is also to keep the political opposition from spreading their views among the Russians. When Masha is up for election, she starts questioning her role in the Nashi movement for the first time.
* The InterruptersThe Interrupters

Time: 12:00 PM

Screening as part of the Bread and Roses Film Festival: Shot over the course of one year, The Interrupters are: Ameena, Cobe and Eddie, all who have stories and histories of violence and gang activity. These “violence interrupters” (their job title) use their own personal experiences and street credibility to work in the communities, interjecting where violence is prone to erupting and working with families to stop the infection and spread.
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* Lawrence of BelgraviaLawrence of Belgravia

Time: 6:20 PM

Screening at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton: Paul Kelly's intimate, smart doc portrait,filmed over eight years, follows Felt singer Lawrence between albums as he is weighed down by the chips on his shoulders but still dreaming of being a pop star who rides in limousines and dates supermodels.
* Lawrence of Belgravia + Q&ALawrence of Belgravia + Q&A

Time: 6:20 PM

Playing at the Ritzy: As lead singer with Felt, Lawrence was responsible for some of the most precious music of the 1980s. On touchstone indie labels such as Cherry Red and Creation, the band released ten albums and ten singles - one for each year of the decade. Though few releases troubled the charts, Felt's cult status was assured and a mission of sorts was accomplished.
* The Island PresidentThe Island President

Time: 7:00 PM

Double Bill with Bombay Beach at the Riverside Studios! After bringing democracy to his country President Mohamed Nasheed, the former President of the Maldives, the lowest lying country in the world, takes up the fight to keep his homeland from disappearing into the sea.
* Bombay BeachBombay Beach

Time: 7:00 PM

Double Bill with The Island President at the Riverside Studios!! Video artist and music video director, Har’el, crafts an adamantly atypical and critically innovative film looking at one of California’s poorest communities living on the shores of the manmade Salton Sea.
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* Marley (Curzon)Marley (Curzon)

Screening at Curzon Soho at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (PCC)Marley (PCC)

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (Hackney PH)Marley (Hackney PH)

Time: 6:00 PM

Screening at Hackney Picturehouse: Marley offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
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* Marley (Curzon)Marley (Curzon)

Screening at Curzon Soho at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (PCC)Marley (PCC)

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Being ElmoBeing Elmo

Time: 1:00 PM

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema: The film traces Kevin Clash's rise from his modest beginnings in Baltimore to his current success as the man behind Elmo, one of the world's most recognizable and adored characters. Millions of children tune in daily to watch Elmo, yet when Kevin walks down the street he is not recognized.
* Cocaine Unwrapped + Q&ACocaine Unwrapped + Q&A

Time: 8:30 PM

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema: Do not miss this riveting mixture of front-line reportage and unprecedented access to the political leaders of Latin America. While Western demand for cocaine reaches record levels, so does the violence at every stage of the global trade in the drug. Cocaine Unwrapped explores the international network of violence, imprisonment, poverty and addiction caused in its wake.
* MarleyMarley

Time: 9:00 PM

Screening at the Lexi Cinema: Marley offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
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* Marley (Curzon)Marley (Curzon)

Screening at Curzon Soho at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (PCC)Marley (PCC)

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (Hackney PH)Marley (Hackney PH)

Time: 3:20 PM

Screening at Hackney Picturehouse: Marley offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Event: The Life of High RisesEvent: The Life of High Rises

Time: 7:00 PM

Open City Docs Fest in partnership with UCL’s Urban Laboratory present a screening all about vertical city living. Join them for Gabriel Mascaro’s Brazilian feature High-Rise about elite penthouse residents looking down on life below them and festival juror Marc Isaacs’ observational Lift following residents of a London high-rise as they go about their daily business.
* Putin's KissPutin's Kiss

Time: 8:30 PM

Screening at Stratford East Picturehouse: PUTIN'S KISS is a rare insight into the core of Russian democracy 'Putin-style'. We meet Masha, 19, who has become a spokesperson for Nashi, a political youth organization working to support the current political system. Their agenda, however, is also to keep the political opposition from spreading their views among the Russians. When Masha is up for election, she starts questioning her role in the Nashi movement for the first time.
* Surviving ProgressSurviving Progress

Time: 8:30 PM

This UK premiere of Surviving Progress at the Tricycle Cinema in Kilburn is part of the DocHouse Thursdays selection: Does growth always mean the same as improvement? Does more equal better? Is the technological advancement on which we rely cementing our destruction? Featuring some of the world’s foremost contemporary thinkers, SURVIVING PROGRESS is a crucial and compelling examination of global society, questioning our blind faith in progress, and the ‘progress traps’ which have led to the demise of past civilisations.
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* Marley (Curzon)Marley (Curzon)

Screening at Curzon Soho at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (PCC)Marley (PCC)

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (Hackney PH)Marley (Hackney PH)

Time: 12:00 PM

Screening at Hackney Picturehouse: Marley offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
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* Marley (PCC)Marley (PCC)

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (Curzon)Marley (Curzon)

Screening at Curzon Soho at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Two Years at SeaTwo Years at Sea

Screening at HMV Curzon from 19 May - Times TBC
* Vidal Sassoon: The MovieVidal Sassoon: The Movie

Time: 1:30 PM

Screening at the Gate Cinema: The story of how one man changed the world with a pair of scissors and a head full of fresh ideas. First-time director Teper's intimate portrait of one of the world's most iconic hair stylists is a candid documentary that combs the archives to better understand the impact that Sassoon's philosophy has had on contemporary popular culture.
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* Marley (PCC)Marley (PCC)

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (Curzon)Marley (Curzon)

Screening at Curzon Soho at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Town of Runners + Q&A Town of Runners + Q&A

Time: 12:00 PM

Screening at the Gate cinema: TOWN OF RUNNERS is a feature documentary about the young athletes born and raised in Bekoji, who hope to emulate their local heroes and compete on the world stage. Filmed over three years, the film follows their fortunes as they move from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood.
* MarleyMarley

Time: 4:00 PM

Screening at the Lexi Cinema: Marley offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
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* Marley (PCC)Marley (PCC)

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (Curzon)Marley (Curzon)

Screening at Curzon Soho at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Lawrence of Belgravia + Q&ALawrence of Belgravia + Q&A

Time: 6:20 PM

Playing at Hackney Picturehouse: As lead singer with Felt, Lawrence was responsible for some of the most precious music of the 1980s. On touchstone indie labels such as Cherry Red and Creation, the band released ten albums and ten singles - one for each year of the decade. Though few releases troubled the charts, Felt's cult status was assured and a mission of sorts was accomplished.
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* Marley (Curzon)Marley (Curzon)

Screening at Curzon Soho at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (PCC)Marley (PCC)

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* This is Not a FilmThis is Not a Film

Time: 9:00 PM

Screening at the Riverside Studios: It’s been months since filmmaker Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been waiting a verdict by the Appeals Court. By depicting a day in his life the directors try to portray the deprivation in contemporary Iranian cinema.
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* Marley (Curzon)Marley (Curzon)

Screening at Curzon Soho at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (PCC)Marley (PCC)

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (Hackney PH)Marley (Hackney PH)

Time: 6:00 PM

Screening at Hackney Picturehouse: Marley offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
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* Marley (PCC)Marley (PCC)

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Marley (Curzon)Marley (Curzon)

Screening at Curzon Soho at various times. Click here for further information. This doc offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* LIDFLIDF

The London International Documentary Festival
* Vidal Sassoon: The MovieVidal Sassoon: The Movie

Time: 12:20 PM

Screening at the Gate Cinema: The story of how one man changed the world with a pair of scissors and a head full of fresh ideas. First-time director Teper's intimate portrait of one of the world's most iconic hair stylists is a candid documentary that combs the archives to better understand the impact that Sassoon's philosophy has had on contemporary popular culture.
* Marley (Hackney PH)Marley (Hackney PH)

Time: 6:00 PM

Screening at Hackney Picturehouse: Marley offers an insight into the man and his music, detailing how Bob Marley and the Wailers became a cultural phenomenon that would influence countless bands and musical styles.
* Dear MandelaDear Mandela

Time: 8:00 PM

UK premiere, screening at the RichMix as part of DocHouse Thursdays: The South African government plans to ‘eradicate’ Durban’s shantytowns, passing a new ‘Slums Act’ which allows them to forcibly evict the poverty-stricken residents of these informal settlements. The ANC, which has been in power since Nelson Mandela was elected, promise to re-house the dwellers, but homes are destroyed without any sign of the promised new residences appearing.
* Town of Runners + Q&ATown of Runners + Q&A

Time: 8:30 PM

Screening at Stratford East picturehouse: TOWN OF RUNNERS is a feature documentary about the young athletes born and raised in Bekoji, who hope to emulate their local heroes and compete on the world stage. Filmed over three years, the film follows their fortunes as they move from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood.
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* LIDFLIDF

The London International Documentary Festival
* Town of Runners + Q&ATown of Runners + Q&A

Time: 6:30 PM

Screening at the British Museum: Documentary set in Ethiopia focusing on the town of Bekoji which has produced some of the world’s greatest distance runners. It follows two young female athletes who train in the hope of emulating their heroes, escaping poverty and elevating their country on the world’s athletic stage. Followed by a talk by the director, Jerry Rothwell.
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* LIDFLIDF

The London International Documentary Festival
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* LIDFLIDF

The London International Documentary Festival
* Revenge Of The Electric CarRevenge Of The Electric Car

Time: 12:30 PM

By 2006, thousands of new electric cars had been deliberately destroyed by the same car companies that had built them. Today, only six years later, the electric car is back... with a vengeance. In REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.
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* Personal Best (TBC)Personal Best (TBC)

Screening at Ritzy Picturehouse: On the eve of the 2012 Olympics, Personal Best follows Britain’s hottest young sprinters determined to succeed in this year’s games. Filmed over four years, it shadows the athletes through the highs and lows of rigorous training, charting the triumphs and the agonising defeats, as they gear up both physically and mentally for the biggest competition of their careers.
* LIDFLIDF

The London International Documentary Festival
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* LIDFLIDF

The London International Documentary Festival
* Living in the City of TomorrowLiving in the City of Tomorrow

Time: 7:00 PM

The Barbican presents Living in the City of Tomorrow (PG*) + Q&A with Marian Engel UK Premiere / + Die Bauten Adolf Hitlers
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* LIDFLIDF

The London International Documentary Festival
* An Animated UtopiaAn Animated Utopia

Time: 7:00 PM

The Barbican presents: An Animated Utopia: A Centenary Celebration of John Halas 1912-1995 (PG*) + ScreenTalk
* Why We Make DocumentariesWhy We Make Documentaries

Time: 7:00 PM

Curzon Renoir: London Film Society Live - Why We Make Documentaries Documentary features are more than ever at the centre of independent filmmaking in Britain. Three of Britain's leading documentary directors discuss what makes the form so vital in 2012. They also explore their influences, the ideas that inform that work and key film moments which impacted on their own struggle to make intelligent, factual films. With Nick Broomfield, Kevin Macdonald & Carol Morley.
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* LIDFLIDF

The London International Documentary Festival
* Max Bill - The Masters VisionMax Bill - The Masters Vision

Time: 7:00 PM

The Barbican presents: Max Bill - The Master's Vision (PG*) + ScreenTalk with Angela Thomas and Erich Schmid
* Revenge Of The Electric CarRevenge Of The Electric Car

Time: 8:30 PM

Screening at Stratford East picturehouse: By 2006, thousands of new electric cars had been deliberately destroyed by the same car companies that had built them. Today, only six years later, the electric car is back... with a vengeance. In REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.
      
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