> Dear Friend
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> Please see details of Light House> '> s October programme below. We have a packed four weeks including Black History Month events, Family Fun Day, FLIP Animation Festival and a special Halloween screening of James Whale> '> s Frankenstein. Enjoy!
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> Regards
> Emma
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> EVENTS
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> Black Writers & Friends Evening - Fri 8 Oct, 7pm
> A historical presentation looking at the first Caribbean people focussing on Barbados, Jamaica Grenada, ABC Islands, followed by poetry, folk songs, skits and African dancing.  Cost: £3.50 Full/£2 Children & Senior Citizens
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> World Mental Health Day - Sat 9 Oct, 10am - 4pm
> Arts, poetry readings, live music and screenings curated by Hear Our Voice, a self-advocacy group run by mental health service users.  For info contact Hear Our Voice on 01902 715871.  Cost: free.
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> Family Fun Day 2004 - Sat 16 Oct, 10am - 3pm
> As part of Family Learning Week 2004 Light House is once again working with the Family Learning network to host the fun day.  This year there will be more than ever to get involved in.  Activities will range from stalls in the courtyard to a Bollywood dance performance, circus workshops for children and screenings of Shrek 2 (11.30am & 2.30pm).  Plus opportunities for parents to talk to experts about how to keep children safe when using the internet.  Activities are open to families and children of all ages and everything is free!  
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> FLIP Animation Festival - Fri 22 & Sat 23 Oct 
> Flip is a brand new animation festival for the West Midlands including talks, workshops and screenings. 
> The focus of Flip will be on the animation industry, particularly in the West Midlands.  There will be representatives from high profile animation companies as well as development agencies such as Screen West Midlands, Skillset and Advantage West Midlands.  In addition to this industry focus there will be opportunities for younger audiences to get hands on experience in animation.
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> Festival highlights will include talks and workshops covering: pitching and commissioning; on-line games development; animation in the community and education sector; Digital Asset Management System for animators; a regional forum; drop-in animation for family groups/children and practical sessions for teachers and animation educators.  
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> Flip will also include screenings of the Best of the British Animation Awards 5 and a selection of outstanding animation produced in the region along with talks and Q&As with the animators. 
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> For further info/ a Flip brochure contact Wendy Jones on 01902 716055 / [log in to unmask] www.plotonline.co.uk/flip
> Flip is a Light House led initiative with support from Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the University of Wolverhampton> '> s School of Art and Design. 
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> CINEMA
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> The Motorcycle Diaries (15) - 24 Sept - Wed 6 Oct, 8.15pm daily except Wed 29 Sept 2.15pm only
> Based on the journals of Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (who would later become known as the revolutionary Che Guevara) and Alberto Granado this film recreates their 1952 road trip across Latin America, a trip that becomes a journey of self-discovery.  More than merely biography The Motorcycle Diaries is a hymn to travelling, the discovery of the world and others.  Brazilian director Walter Salles goes beyond the Che myth and shows the people, places and socio-political circumstances that influenced two young men and helped them to discover a direction in their lives.  Starring Gael Garcia Bernal.  Dir. Walter Salles, UK/US/Ger/Arg/ Chil/Per, 1hr55, subtitled.
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> Stage Beauty (15) - Fri 1 - Wed 13 Oct, 8pm daily except Wed 6 Oct 2pm only 
> A bawdy period romance starring Billy Crudup as the beautiful, brazen, bisexual Ned Kynaston who at a time when the law forbade women to appear on stage became England> '> s most celebrated 
> Restoration theatre > '> leading lady> '> .  When King Charles II decides to endear himself to lover Nell Gwyn by allowing women on stage and banning cross-dressing male actors Ned> '> s career goes into freefall and it takes his former dresser turned actress (Claire Danes) to help him regain his sense of self.  With a fantastic cast including Rupert Everett, Ben Chaplin, Tom Wilkinson and Hugh Bonneville.  Dir. Richard Eyre, UK/Ger/US, 1hr40. www.radiotimes.com/stagebeauty
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> Model Behaviour (PG) - Wed 6 Oct, 8pm
> An Animated Guide to Love, Lust & Lost Relatives 
> A screening of work from two of the most exciting filmmakers working in model animation - Pjotr Sapegin and 2004 Oscar winner,  Adam Elliot - both winners of numerous international awards.  Animation for grown ups - poignant, funny and wise.  Cost £3.
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> Merci Dr. Rey (15) - Fri 8 Oct, 6.15pm only.  Sat 9 - Tues 12 Oct, 8.15pm daily + Wed 13 Oct 2.15pm & 8.15pm
> A Paris-set farce from Merchant Ivory featuring an all-star cast including Dianne Wiest, Jane Birkin, and Simon Callow.  Wiest plays a famous opera singer whose closet gay son Thomas replies to a personal ad and ends up witnessing the murder of a man who he later learns was his father. Thomas embarks on a quest to track down the murderer encountering a variety of eccentric characters in the process whilst his mother and her best friend embark upon a quest to find him thinking that he has been kidnapped.  Dir. Andrew Litvack, Fr/US, 1hr31.
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> National Schools Film Week Screenings - Mon 11 - Fri 15 Oct
> Free screenings - open to school groups only - as part of the national celebration of film education.  
> With Spellbound (U) on Tues 12 Oct, 10am, La Haine (15) on Wed 13 Oct, 10am with an introduction by Dr. Peter McLuskie and Anita & Me (15) on Thurs 14 Oct, 10am with a tallk from director Metin Husseyin (tbc).  For further details, teaching resources and to book places see www.nsfw.org 
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> Love Me if You Dare (15) - Fri 15 - Tues 19 Oct, 8.15pm daily + Wed 20 Oct 2.15pm & 8.15pm.
> A whimsical romantic fantasy that follows Julien and Sophie from childhood friendship to adulthood, still playing the game of dares that they invented as children.  As the years go by their growing sexual and romantic feelings for each other remain unspoken the game intensifies and the dares become increasingly spiteful and sadistic. Dir. Yann Samuel, Fr/Belg, 1hr33, subtitled.
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> Hero (12A) - Fri 15 - Thurs 21 Oct, 8pm daily except Wed 20 Oct 2pm & 8pm.
> A visually stunning martial arts epic from Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern) and producer Bill Kong (Crouching Hidden Dragon) that explores honour, love, jealousy and intrigue in ancient China.  Told mainly in flashback Hero centres around a lone swordsman (Jet Li) who recounts his mission to eliminate three assassins (Tony 
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> Leung, Maggie Cheung & Donnie Yen) who have threatened to kill the Emperor.  With ravishingly beautiful costume and set design, awe inspiring cinematography and beautifully choreographed fight sequences Hero has become China's top grossing film of all time, was a massive hit in the US and has gained critical acclaim worldwide winning numerous awards including an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.  Dir. Zhang Yimou, Chin, 1hr39, subtitled. 
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> Shrek 2 (U) - Sat 16 Oct, 11.30am & 2.30pm
> Special free screenings as part of Family Learning Day.  See EVENTS for details.
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> Code 46 (15) - Fri 22 & Sat 23 Oct, 6pm only, Sun 24 - Tues 26 Oct, 8pm daily + Wed 27 Oct, 2pm & 8pm.
> Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton star in this futuristic love story set in a highly regimented future world where everything from freedom to travel to choice of partner is governed by strict rules. Stylish, atmospheric and emotionally engaging Code 46 is a scarily believable vision of the future from director Michael Winterbottom (In This World, 24hr Party People, The Claim). Dir. Michael Winterbottom, UK, 1hr32.  > www.mgm.com/ua/code46
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> Ae Fond Kiss (15) - Fri 22 Oct - Wed 3 Nov, 8.15pm daily except Wed 27 Oct 2.15pm only.
> An acclaimed Glasgow set drama from director Ken Loach following the relationship between Casim a Pakistani Muslim DJ and Roisin a white Irish Catholic schoolteacher. Falling deeply in love the couple face objections from family, friends and the religious establishment and have to decide whether their feelings for one another are strong enough to withstand the repercussions their partnership will have for Casim> '> s family and Roisin> '> s career. A fresh and naturalistic exploration of love across cultural boundaries that explores the sensitive subject matter with intelligence and humour. Dir. Ken Loach, UK, 1hr44. www.aefondkissmovie.co.uk/ 
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> Charity Screening: The Ladykillers (U) - Wed 27 Oct, 7.30pm
> A special Rotary Club of Wolverhampton St.
> Georges screening of the original 1955 Ealing Comedy starring Alec Guiness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom and Cecil Parker as a bunch of inept crooks.  Dir. Alexander Mackendrick, UK, 1hr37.  Cost:  Tickets £6 including glass of wine at reception prior to the screening. 
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> Super Size Me (12A) - Fri 29 Oct - Tues 9 Nov, 8pm daily except Sun 31 Oct 6pm only +Wed 10 Nov 2pm & 8pm
> An irreverent examination of the legal, financial and physical costs of America's fast food habit. Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock travels across the US interviewing everyone from surgeons to gym teachers, cooks to kids and lawmakers to legislators fuelled by nothing but McDonald's.  Eating three McDonald> '> s meals a day for thirty days Spurlock throws himself stomach first into a harrowing experiment to see if man can live on fast food alone monitored by anxious doctors and his camera crew. Managing to be both hilarious and thought provoking this revealing documentary makes stomach churning but compelling viewing. Dir. Morgan Spurlock, US, 1hr40.
> www.supersizeme.com
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> Halloween Special: Frankenstein (PG) - Sun 31 Oct, 8.30pm
> A special Halloween screening of the definitive monster movie that with it> '> s atmospheric use of lighting and sound, brilliant set design, make up and characterisation set the standard for generations to come. Starring Boris Karloff as the monster and directed by Dudley> '> s very own James Whale whose ability to inject humanity into the portrayal of the monster is one of the film's most stunning successes.  Dir. James Whale, US, 1hr11, 1931.
> Screening will be preceded by a Halloween drinks reception at 8pm.
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> Cost: £5 Full/£4 Conc with a free glass of Frankenstein> '> s Blood for all ticket holders.
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> EXHIBITIONS GALLERIES OPEN Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm & 7.15 - 8.30pm daily.  Admission Free
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> Moving Home  by Vanley Burke - Fri 10 Sept - Wed 10 Nov
> An exhibition focussing on the stories of people who have moved to Wolverhampton from another country.  All the subjects are united by the same question: can I go back?  For some the majority of their lives have been spent here and despite an allegiance to this country will always have dreams of returning to their country of birth.  Others have been forced to leave their homeland and are unsure if they will ever return.  All have made the Midlands their home, but what does that mean to them? 
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> Birmingham-based photographer Vanley Burke is well known for his passionate photography documenting the lives of people who are living in the UK but were born elsewhere.  His success in capturing the essence of a person stems from an empathy with his subjects.  Born in Jamaica and moving here in 1965 at the age of 14 has given him an insight into people> '> s feelings of home and a keen interest in observing how people live.  
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> Using photographs and written statements this exhibition aims to show and share the dilemmas of those whose home isn> '> t always where the heart is.
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> BE-ME> '> s Your Story> 
> During The Ones We Left Behind we are offering the opportunity for you to be a part of the exhibition and the BE-ME (Black & Ethnic Minority Experience) archive. 
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> BE-ME has recorded personal reflections of African-Caribbean and South Asian people who came to Wolverhampton in the 50s and 60s.  BE-ME welcomes your opinions and memories so come along and add them to the archive.  Listen to what others have said and share your thoughts by recording > '> Your Story> '> .  
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> For further details see
> www.be-me.org
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> TRAINING 
> Light House offers a range of free training courses in video production, editing, animation and multimedia.  We aim to help learners from whatever background develop the right mix of skills to enable them to progress into the media industries.
> For further information contact Kelly Jeffs on 01902 716055 / [log in to unmask]
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> Intro to Professional Video Production - Tues 5 Oct - Tues 16 Nov, Tues 6 - 9pm
> A short course ideal for anyone wanting to learn the basics of video production, e.g. camera operation, editing and lighting.  Students will work in small groups to produce an advert or news article.  Accredited to OCN Level 2. Requirements: An interest in video production
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> Professional Editing Techniques - Mon 15 Nov - Tues 14 Dec, Mon & Tues 10am - 4pm
> A course to develop 'creative' editing skills and techniques using computer based editing systems (Avid & Final Cut Pro).  The course incorporates studying classic film and TV and applying skills and techniques to project work.  Exercises will include editing of a short film or TV trailer and the study of dramatic conventions for dialogue and action scenes.  Accredited up to OCN Level 3. Requirements: Some experience of non-linear editing is desirable. 
> Contact us now for info and an application form on 01902 716055 / [log in to unmask]
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> Free places are made possible through funding from the Learning Skills Council Black Country European Social Fund, Wolverhampton City Council and Arts Council, West Midlands.
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> Skills Development Courses
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> These two courses offer individuals an opportunity to learn and practice more advanced skills using industry standard software. 
> Designing Interactive Games with Flash and Actionscript
> Wed 27 Oct - Wed 15 Dec, Weds 5.30 - 8.45pm
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> Creating Games Characters Using 3D Max & Character Studio 
> Thurs 28 Oct - Thurs 16 Dec, Thurs 10am - 4pm
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> To express an interest in these and other free opportunities in skills development at Light House contact Paul Wright on 01902 716055 / [log in to unmask]  
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> Skills development courses are funded by Wolverhampton City Council.
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> For further information contact:
> Light House The Chubb Buildings Fryer Street Wolverhampton WV1 1HT
> Reception & Gallery Open Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm  & 7.15 - 8.30pm daily. 
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