Deaf Conversations About Cinema: Joyland
Please note: This event took place in Feb 2023
Join us at the 18:00 screening of Joyland on Mon 27 Feb which will feature Descriptive Subtitles and an introduction from our guest speaker, Harriet Taylor, (organiser of; Bristol Trans & Non Binary Creatives, SWITCH: an organisation bringing inclusive cinema to the big screen, with a focus on the trans/non-binary experience and curator of Reflections and Refractions: Gender on Screen film season).
This will be followed at 20:10 by a post screening discussion in the Café & Bar with audience members and Harriet. The evening will be hosted by Deaf artist, performer and filmmaker David Ellington and will feature BSL interpretation throughout.
A conservative family in Pakistan is torn apart when a son falls in love with a transgender erotic dancer, in director Saim Sadiq’s riveting queer drama. Set in bustling Lahore, the Ranases are, on the surface, a functional, patriarchal family. The household is made up of Abbas, the elderly father, the older brother, Saleem and his wife Nucchi, and younger brother Haider and his wife Mumtaz. Much to the embarrassment of his traditional father, Haider is the one in his relationship who stays at home, whilst Mumtaz goes to work at the salon every day- a job that she loves.
When Haider gets a job in an erotic theatre as a backup dancer for trans starlet, Biba, and starts secretly dating her, everything changes, and the cracks that have always been there, tear the family apart.
Screening in partnership with Queer Vision Film Festival.
Please join us in the Café/Bar for an informal discussion after the screening, which will include BSL interpretation. You’ll receive 10% off drinks with your cinema ticket – so grab a glass and let us know your thoughts about Joyland.