The Cinema Museum - Faithless (1932), Las Hijas De Nantu (2018), Waste (2019), Cinema & Poetry

Faithless (1932) August 20th Las Hijas De Nantu (2018) August 21st Waste (2019) August 25th Cinema & Poetry August 29th Women & Cocaine presents; Faithless (1932), Tuesday August 20th @ 7:30pm Women & Cocaine is back this summer with the inimitable Tallulah Bankhead and her poignant riches to rags story Faithless (1932). While her flamboyant public personality may be the most memorable character Bankhead ever played, her portrayal of Carol Morgan comes pretty close. As a woman of style, wealth and no small amount of arrogance, Carol callously turns away businessman Bill Wade (the beautiful Robert Montgomery) because he is only moderately super rich. However, the great depression hits her hard and as her fortunes fall, she becomes involved with, and financially kept by a repulsive millionaire. Before long, though, Carol goes back to her true love, but her luck continues to fail, and he is hit by a labour dispute and devastating medical bills. Carol must do whatever it takes to save her husband, so she takes to the streets and goes from high society lady to a lady of the night.  Find out more here. Tickets are £10.02 - click below to purchase from Eventbrite. Tickets will also be available on the door on the night. Concessions available on the door with valid ID. Phone bookings for this event cannot be made via the Cinema Museum. Buy Now Las Hijas De Nantu (2018), Wednesday August 21st @ 6pm The General Consulate of Peru in London presents a free screening of Las Hijas De Nantu (2018), a documentary, directed by Willy Guevara, about the ancient traditions of female empowerment amongst the Awajún people of the Peruvian Amazon. Filmed in the Awajún language with English subtitles. In the tradition of the Awajún culture was the belief that a matriarchy existed, organized around the supreme deity Nantu (the Moon). This was destroyed by the men when they became warriors and established polygamy. Since then women have tried to recover their lost dignity through various mechanisms, poisoning being one of them. This is a free event. Waste (2019), Sunday August 25th @ 7pm   Waste (2019) tells career criminal Charlie Peters’ story as he leaves jail after the latest of a long series of sentences. He is determined to rebuild his relationship with his estranged daughter and stay on the straight and narrow. He faces an uphill struggle. Waste was shot entirely on location in Kennington and surrounding areas on an ultra low budget by an enthusiastic cast and crew, headed by Dominic Ryan in his debut feature film as director and produced and featuring Kennington born and bred Keith How. The cast includes Katie Dalton, Emmerdale stalwart Bhasker Patel, Jerry Anderson and Paul Dewdney. In addition to the screening, there will be a short acoustic set by south London band The Aim, who kindly supplied some tracks which feature in Waste. After the screening, (if time allows) there will be a short Q & A with cast and crew. Advance tickets are £5 - click below to purchase from Billetto, or call 020 7840 2200 to purchase direct from the Museum during office hours.   Buy Now Cinema & Poetry, Thursday August 29th @ 7pm Celebrating the potential of literary and avant-garde poetry to explore and refract popular or arthouse cinema, this unique event will see performances and readings by some of London’s most interesting writers followed by a screening of Peter Greenaway’s remarkable and challenging 1993 feature film The Baby of Mâcon. This event will aim to re-imagine moving image in the language arts. The event will see the launch of SJ Fowler’s I Stand Alone by The Devils and other poems on films from Broken Sleep Books, alongside readings by Yvonne Litschel, Jonathan Catherall, David Spittle and more. The Baby of Mâcon is a sumptuous-looking tale of manipulation, greed, and religious fanaticism set in Peter Greenaway’s favourite era, the 17th century. Tickets are £8 (£5 concession) - click below to purchase form Eventbrite. . Buy Now