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Post-apocalyptic pics

Last Thursday we put on a little ‘walk-in movie‘ at The Edge as part of the Diesel Island programme. The general theme was surviving the apocalypse, and we found that this is the ideal neighbourhood when searching for oil-drums, timber and rubble. Tom Baker from Loaf gave useful advice on foraging, and then the car park filled up for an outdoor showing of cult end-of-the-world drama Miracle Mile.

The following night I caught American Werewolf in London in the back-yard of the Spotted Dog, and I’m hoping that this is the start of a global-warming-inspired trend for al fresco movies around Digbeth. Watch this space for more in the future. In the meantime, the Diesel series climaxes with a free disco at the Custard Factory’s Old Library tomorrow night (Friday 20 May). See Area for the full programme.

At the Edge…

This Saturday, West Midlands Film Makers for Haiti are holding a fundraiser at the Edge in aid of our brothers and sisters in Haiti:
The night will feature award winning short films, promos, art films and will be followed by a disco to raise money for the DEC Haiti Appeal. There will be a screening of  Oscar short-listed multi award winning short Gone Fishing, Shooting People Short of the Year 2009 A Supermarket Love Story,  BAFTA winning short Brown Paper Bag, Bouncer starring Ray Winstone and Paddy Consodine, animation from The Brothers McLeod, as well as great shorts from local film makers.  There will also be a series of promos by dub-punk multi-media threesome Jackdaw with Crowbar who will be playing/performing on Saturday 27 at A Plasticine Party for Flatpack Festival.

so that’s all nicely joined up, then – see you there and give something back!

And next week the absolutelynottobemissedunderanycircumstancesyouwillkickyourself residency begins by Jonathan Kay and the Nomadic Academy of Fools, continuing to include Flatpack Weekend.  So if you fancy being amazed, surprised, highly amused, engaged, excited and seeing something for once that you will struggle to forget, get yourself along to the Edge: