Name: Bruce LaBruce's Raspberry Reich Screening
Start: 2023-04-29T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-04-29T22:00:00+01:00
Location: 6 Stannary St

Bruce LaBruce's Raspberry Reich Screening

Collaborating with artists that interrogate the dominant narratives of our time in the space between what is permissible and what is prohibited.

A/POLITICAL

A left-wing terrorist group, consisting of several homosexual men and a female leader, kidnaps the son of a wealthy industrialist.

6 Stannary St

<p>This is a free screening of Bruce LaBruce&#x27;s queercore classic <em>Raspberry Reich </em> at a/political: 6 Stannary Street, London, SE11 4AA.</p><p>Described as exploring &quot;terrorist chic&quot;, cult dynamics, and the &quot;innate radical potential of homosexual expression&quot;, Raspberry Reich is a feature-length film about a contemporary terrorist group who set out to continue the work of the Red Army Faction (RAF), also known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader-Meinhof_Gang" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Baader-Meinhof Gang</a>. </p><p>This event is part of a programme of events surrounding the production of Bruce LaBruce&#x27;s <em>The Visitor</em>:<em> </em>a new sexually-explicit  film inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s classic film <em>Teorema</em> (1968). Presented in collaboration with <a href="https://doesnt-exist.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Doesn&#x27;t Exist Magazine </a>and <a href="https://www.dmovies.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dirty Movies.</a></p><p><strong>Synopsis:</strong></p><p><em>&quot;Inspired by the Baader-Meinhof gang, a film about modern left Germans adopting the culture of extreme left-wing movements of the 1970s. East German dominatrix Gudrun leads a revolutionary gang of her own in Berlin. She has her men kidnap the son of  a rich businessman in order to gain publicity. Claiming that heterosexuality is a social norm created to keep the people down, she forces her male minions to have sex with each other.&quot;</em></p>

<h2>a/political</h2><p>a/political explores radical knowledge through the principle of Cultural Terror. Working with artists and agitators, the collective platforms voices that interrogate the critical issues and dominant narratives of our time. a/political functions through interventions, commissions and a collection of contemporary art. Recently initiated, the a/political label uses the same methodology to collaborate on music projects that might be unsuitable for the mainstream industry. a/political is based in London, working closely with The Foundry and FOUNDRY UNIFORM in Maubourguet, Midi-Pyrénées. </p><p><a href="https://www.a-political.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.a-political.org</a> / <a href="https://linktr.ee/a_political" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@apoliticalorg</a> on social media.</p><h2>Bruce LaBruce</h2><p>Bruce LaBruce is a filmmaker, photographer, writer, and artist based in Toronto but working internationally. Along with a number of short films, he has written and directed fourteen feature films, including “Gerontophilia,” which won the Grand Prix at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal in 2013, and “Pierrot Lunaire,” which won a Teddy Award at the Berlinale in 2014. As a photographer he has had numerous gallery shows around the world, including a photo exhibit called “Obscenity” at La Fresh Gallery in Madrid which caused a national ruckus in Spain in 2012. His feature film “L.A. Zombie” premiered in competition at the Locarno film festival in 2010 and was subsequently banned in Australia in 2010. His latest movie, “Saint-Narcisse,” was named one of the top ten films of 2021 by John Waters in Artforum. His latest porn feature, “The Affairs of Lidia,” from Erika Lust Films, was released in 2022. LaBruce has contributed to a variety of international magazines, newspapers and websites as both a writer and photographer, including index magazine, for which he also acted as a contributing editor, Vice, The Guardian UK, Honcho, Purple Fashion, Numero, Dazed and Confused, Tank, BlackBook, Bon, Fantastic Man, Man About Town, Bomb, and many others. His photography books “Death Book” and “Photo Ephemera” (in two volumes) are available from Baron Books. LaBruce has had a number of notable film retrospectives, including one at the TIFF/Bell Lighthouse under the auspices of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014, one at MoMA in New York in 2015, and one at the la Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal in 2022.</p><h2>DMovies</h2><p>DMovies is the UK’s portal for thought-provoking cinema. Founded in 2016, the platform-agnostic film website has since become firmly established as one of the most successful indie publications in the country. DMovies also has a nascent production and an exhibition arm. The organisation has produced two films, and it regularly showcases subversive, provocative and downright filthy movies with prestigious partners across London. It has a strategic partnership with various a-list festivals in Europe, including Locarno, San Sebastian, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and others.</p><h2>Doesn’t Exist</h2><p>‘Doesn’t Exist’ is a London-based magazine established in 2020. It is the only publication in the market bringing cinematic elements into a fashion landscape. Each issue is dedicated entirely to the world of either a filmmaker or a fashion designer, presenting their body of work in the shape of exciting fashion stories, eye-catching images, illustrations and exclusive written pieces by new talents, in a very cinematic blend. Our previous issues were tributes to filmmakers John Waters, Peter Greenaway and Michelangelo Antonioni, and to fashion designer Rei Kawakubo.</p>

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