Local Cinema
Local Cinema: We hosted local cinema screenings as part of the Local Cinema Programme.
With a curated programme inspired by the local arts and heritage of Craigmillar and Niddire. We hosted guest speakers and Q&A’s. All screenings were free to attend for local community members
Our Programme
Margaret Tait Shorts Thursday 30th November 3pm
Tish Monday 18th December 2pm
The Bill Douglas Trilogy:
My Childhood Thursday 18th January 3pm
My Ain Folk Thursday 25th January 3pm
My Way Home Thursday 1st February 3pm
Margaret Tait Shorts (NC)
Thursday 30th November, 3pm
30 minutes with English subtitles
Colour (16mm)
We screened a collection of short films by Scottish filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait to our local community group Seen & Heard. Seen & Heard is a partnership with Scottish Chamber Orchestra which explores music and art with local artists and SCO artists and musicians. The films include Colour Poems (12 mins), Calypso (4 mins), These Walls (4 mins) and Garden Pieces (12 mins).
TISH
Monday 18th December, 2pm
90 mins with English subtitles
Craigmillar Now hosted the community screening of Tish. Tish Murtha was a visionary photographer committed to documenting the struggle and inequality of the working-class communities that framed her upbringing. Her archive of work from Northeast England and London’s Soho in the 1970s and 1980s is lovingly realised in this exploration of the legacy of her work and private life by her daughter, Ella Murtha.
The Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Childhood (PG)
Thursday 18th January, 3pm
46 minutes with English subtitles
Black & White
In My Childhood (1972), eight-year old Jamie lives with his granny and elder brother in a Scottish mining village in 1945. With his mother in a mental health institution and his father absent, he is subject to the hardships of poverty.
The Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Ain Folk (PG)
Thursday 25th January, 3pm
55 minutes with English subtitles
Black & White
In My Ain Folk (1973), Jamie is sent to live with his paternal grandmother and uncle; a life full of silence and rejection.
The Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Way Home (PG)
Thursday 1st February, 3pm
71 minutes with English subtitles
Black & White
My Way Home (1978) sees Jamie's ultimate victory over his circumstances; after a spell in foster care, and a homeless shelter, he is conscripted into the RAF, where he embarks on a redemptive friendship with pal Robert, which allows him to emerge from his ineffectual adolescence to pursue his artistic ambition.