Brighten The Corners and King Street Cinema present a special evening with Don Letts, punk icon and British film director, disc jockey and musician. A screening of his film Rebel Dread will take place at King Street Cinema followed by a Q&A, and the night will finish with a DJ set from Don Letts at St Stephen’s Church. Thursday 1st February during Independent Venue Week.
“A key cultural evangelist, the raconteur talks through his creative career since recording the 1970s punk scene on his Super-8 camera.” The Guardian review on Rebel Dread
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Time: Cinema doors 7pm
Film Screnning 7.30-9pm
Q&A 9pm-9.45pm
Church doors 8.30pm
Support DJ 8.30pm-10.30pm
Don Letts DJ 10.30pm - 12amVenues:
King Street Cinema | Corn Exchange | King St | Ipswich IP1 1DH
St Stephens Church | 1 St Stephen's Ln | Ipswich | IP1 1DP
Tickets: FILM & Q&A £12+bf
DJ Set £12+bf
COMBINED £22+bf
Supports: TBC
Age Restrictions: 14+ (14- 15s must be accompanied by an adult)
Promoter: BTC & King’s Street Cinema -
Rebel Dread is the story of Don Letts, the iconic cultural mover and shaker, filmmaker, musician and raconteur.
Don Letts’ reputation has been firmly established in both the film and music world by a substantial body of work from the late 70's through the 80's, 90’s and well into the millennium. His work has been exhibited in The Kitchen N.Y.C, The Institute of Contemporary Art, The N.F.T in London and was honored at Brooklyn’s BAM festival and The Milan Film festival. In March 2003 he won a Grammy for his documentary ‘Westway To The World’.
He came to notoriety in the late 70's as the DJ that single handedly turned a whole generation of punks onto reggae. It was whilst as a d.j at the first punk club 'The Roxy' in 1977, that Don adopted the punk D.I.Y ethic and begun to make his first film 'The Punk Rock Movie'. Shot on Super-8mm it is the only documentary on the U.K punk scene w/ Sex Pistols-The Clash and many others. This led to a period directing over 300 music videos for an eclectic mix of diverse artists ranging from Public Image to Bob Marley. He then moved into documentary work covering the likes of Gil Scot-Heron, The Jam, Sun Ra, George Clinton and most recently Paul McCartney. Dancehall Queen (co-directedby Rick Elgood) shot in location in Jamaica 1997 was his first feature film.
At the end of 2007 Don presented 'Speakers Corner' in conjunction with the British Arts council. Featuring several spoken word artists, poets and rappers with a musical band in a theatrical setting. The event toured the UK in November-December and was a contemporary response to the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade.