STREET SONGS
Jonas Mekas | 1966/83 | USA | 11 min | 16mm

Based on a French street performance, “Street Songs” weaves militant political chants into mantras. Julian Beck sits cross-legged on an empty stage chanting “Free all men”, “Ban the bomb”, “Stop the war”, “Free the blacks”, “Change the world”. The mixture of politics and mysticism is given form in dramatically etched black and white images that pulse and fluctuate with life as the lens pulls back and zooms forward in a frenetic ebb and flow.
Screens with The Brig

George Cinemas - Wednesday 9th July 7pm