Author: G.R.Reader Date: To: Strange and unusual music. Subject: [Exotica] FW: anyone like watching funny folk...
From Jonny Trunks mailing list: I like this kind of thing but can't go. maybe some big city folk could go..
THE FLIPSIDE PRESENTSŠ
THE SINISTER FOLK
When meddling townies move to remote country communities and the old ways meet the new, things take a turn for the sinister. Hail the Queen of the May as we unearth two obscure, genuinely creepy '70s folk tales.
Friday 2nd May 18:30 NFT1
ROBIN REDBREAST (PLAY FOR TODAY) (BBC, tx 10.12.1970)
Dir. James MacTaggart. B/W. 81 mins.
Smart urban divorcee Norah gets more than she bargained for when she retreats to a remote house in the country. Toyed with by some very curious locals who know more than they let on, Norah soon finds herself the unwilling participant in shocking traditions both ancient and frightening.
MURRAIN (AGAINST THE CROWD) (ATV, tx 27.2.1975)
Dir. John Cooper. 52 mins.
When a mysterious virus plagues local pigs and a family goes sick, panicking farmers blame a frail old woman - the 'witch' that lives up the lane. An idealistic young doctor from the city tries to dispel the rumours. Taut, intelligent, convincing, written by legendary Quatermass creator, Nigel Kneale.
Resonance FM DJs Jonny Trunk (Trunk Records) and Nervous Stephen (Murri) will be spinning dark folk ditties on black vinyl in Benugo after the screening.
Introduced by William Fowler and Vic Pratt, Curators, BFI National Archive
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Road
South Bank
London
SE1 8XT
