Echo Chamber - 313 - Part Two (Stephen)

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We've got a riveting 'Part TWO' edition of @EchoChamberFP https://www.instagram.com/echochamberfp/ for you this week!!!

Thanks to the great folks at Modern Films, we were able to check out this new and strikingly unorthodox documentary. THEN, sit down with the visual arts phenom, making her first forays into feature length filmmaking with the project! We talk about the challenges, how different formats offer new insights into storytelling, why now was the time, and this was the tale to tell. We got into a LOT, in only sixty minutes, so you don't want to miss this one!!! Watch the conversation: HERE! https://youtu.be/s__CTIKhqZ4

'Stephen' is the feature directorial debut from Melanie Manchot, which she co-wrote with Leigh Campbell. A hybrid narrative fiction/documentary, STEPHEN is shaped by the raw and moving energy of one young man's quest to transform his early life of violence and addiction and of his desire to both act and live differently. The film is centred around Stephen Giddings (Ste @stegiddings), who, growing up on the Quarry Green Estate in Kirkby, Liverpool, was confronted with addiction from an early age - both in the lives of those around him, and eventually in his own. At just 26 years old he was giving up on life. What follows is an intimate journey as Stephen auditions for and takes on a role in a movie, questioning whether he can fulfil his ambitions and realise one of his big dreams: to become an actor. Combining original archive material, interviews and narrative drama, STEPHEN brings together a unique cast of British actors alongside a support cast of participants in active addiction recovery.

Today we have:

Stephen

Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/4XdYjMjD2Ec

2023 Sheffield Doc Fest: 16th March 2024

Digital Release Date: 19th March 2024

Barbican Centre, London: 18:25, 25th April 2024

Book Tickets: Here. https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/preview-stephen-screentalk

ArtHouse Crouch End, London: 26th April 2024

Book Tickets: Here. https://www.arthousecrouchend.co.uk/programme/?programme_id=8334605

Genesis, London: 2nd May 2024

Book Tickets: Here. https://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/movie/stephen-qa/

Storyhouse, Chester: 8th May 2024

Book Tickets: Here. https://www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/stephen-qa/

Director: Melanie Manchot

Cast: Stephen Giddings, Michelle Collins, Paislie Reid, Kent Riley, Michael Starke, Lanre Danmola

Credit: Stephen Film, Modern Films

Genre: Drama, Documentary

Running Time: 78 min

Cert: 18

Trailer: Here. https://vimeo.com/817450508

Website: Here. https://www.modernfilms.com/stephen

Instagram: @stephen.film https://www.instagram.com/stephen.film/

STEPHEN opens as a multichannel installation at The Exchange, Princes Street, Penzance, Cornwall

TR18 2NL from 4th May 2024 until 2nd November 2024. More information: Here. https://newlynartgallery.co.uk/activities/stephen/

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*(Music)

'The Big Payback' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020

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