Not so stupid…

 

Following my blog of 17th about the forthcoming showing of ‘Age of Stupid’ , these are the details…

 

To mark the first showing of the “one of the most important films you can see this year” (Attitude Magazine), Climate Action Network Nottingham, Greenpeace and the Sumac Centre invite you to the Nottingham Not Stupid Festival at the Broadway Cinema in the Mezzanine Bar and Room 1, from noon to 5pm.

 

The event brings 18 environmental, development and grass roots organisations to one place campaigning on one issue – climate change.

 

The Nottingham premier of The Age of Stupid follows at 6pm (and 8.15pm) in Broadway’s Screen 3, introduced by film producer, Lizzie Gillett, who will be in Nottingham throughout the event.  After the 6pm screening Lizzie will take part in a discussion which is open to all.

 

This is an opportunity for the public to become climate change activists and do something to stop climate change, which has been described by Barack Obama as “condemning future generations to global catastrophe”.

 

And as if all that is not enough to make you want to be there, there will even be delicious climate-friendly cupcakes available in the Broadway Mezzanine Bar from local cakery ‘Pop My Cherry’!

 

Can you – or the planet – afford to miss this?

 

Age of Stupid

Inkeeping with its tradition of showing cutting edge films and those that might not go down well with the masses at the Showcase, The Broadway Cinema will be screening the Age of Stupid on 24th April.

The Age of Stupid is the new movie from Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September). Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

If you’ve seen An Inconvenient Truth and been frightened to death… or if you simply inhabit this small planet and don’t either stick your head in the sand of the ever increasing deserts or pretend that the oil-industry sponsored ‘climate sceptics’ are right, you need to see this film.

I’m very happy that Nottingham, once again, is at the forefront of the climate change charge. Long may it be so.

Give my regards to Broadway

The Broadway Cinema is one of Nottingham’s cultural gems… and one of its best kept secrets.

Patronised by those in the know, the cultured, the adventurous, those who are disillusioned with the mainstream movie pap that the Showcase offers and those who got lost on their way to somewhere else, it shows the very best in old and new cinematic fare, in an atmosphere that is relaxed, sophisticated and just invites you to not only watch a film but to come in and linger.

Film festivals, workshops and special events abound, making the Broadway a centre for creative visual arts as well as an excellent cinema. And, as if all this wasn’t enough, the decor of one of their auditoria was designed by local lad Paul Smith.

The only down side is that their coffee is sometimes not fresh and not very strong (got to be some negatives, eh?).

Give the Broadway a try… but don’t expect re-runs of Lethal Weapon or Rambo… unless they feature them in the  ‘Very Bad Films We Have Loved’ season.