MUBI: Punishment Park

Another Brick In The Wall – A season of films on youth & revolt curated by Second Home & MUBI.

PUNISHMENT PARK

Dir. Peter Watkins, 1971

After it's controversy-stoking premiere at the New York Film Festival, Hollywood refused to distribute the film and it was barely seen until it's DVD release in 2005. Set in a detention camp in an America of the near-future, Punishment Park‘s pseudo-documentary style places a British film crew amongst a group of young dissidents who, faced with lengthy jail time, have opted to spend three days in ’Bear Mountain Punishment Park’.

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With the buzz of the General Election 2015, MUBI is collaborating with Second Home to curate a season which focuses on youth and revolt, raising awareness of politics and the importance of having a voice.

The season kicks off with award winning director Alexander Payne's Election, and finishes with a screening and Q&A session with director Eric Baudelaire.

Also included in the line-up are the coming-of-age, BAFTA winningThis Is England, Jean-Luc Godard's dark political comedy and Venice Special Award winner La Chinoise, and the Oscar-winning Peter Watkins' controversial pesudo-documentary Punishment Park.

Screenings start at 7.30pm, admission £7 advance on Billetto. Free for Second Home members.

Ahead of the season, tickets for all x5 films in this series can be purchased from www.billetto.co.uk/secondhome

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Other films in this series;

Election – Tuesday 5th May
This Is England – Monday 11th May
La Chinoise – Friday 22nd May
The Anabasix of May & Fusako Shigenobu, Masao AdachiI, & 27 Years Without Images – Monday 1st June
Followed by a Q&A with director Eric Baudelaire