The Netflix series about a young Hassidic woman who breaks with her community asks who and what human lives are for.
Dr Duckie online – read the PhD, watch the talk
Now live: online resources from my doctoral research about Duckie and homemade mutant hope machines, including open-access PhD thesis and an hour-long talk.
Tiger King vs Crip Camp: worlds apart
Two Netflix documentaries offer contrasting visions of worlds beyond the mainstream, set up by outsiders on their own terms. What can they teach us about life after the pandemic?
Article for Performance Research on Duckie’s Slaughterhouse Club
Linking to an article based on my PhD research with Duckie – about The Slaughterhouse Club drop-in arts project for people living with homelessness – in the academic journal article Performance Research.
Interview with Oliver Hermanus about Moffie for Sight & Sound
April 2020 update
Info about my recent and upcoming activity including responses to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr Duckie latest and coverage of BFI Flare’s Five Films for Freedom and Bourgeois & Maurice’s Insane Animals.
BFI Flare Five Films for Freedom 2020 round-up for Sight & Sound
A review of this year’s shorts selection – co-produced by BFI Flare and the British Council to be viewed online around the world – in the context of the festival’s cancellation because of coronavirus.
Connect, support, mutate
Coronavirus presents an unavoidable encounter with the real. How might we try to address chaotic reality with hope?
Review: Bourgeois & Maurice – Insane Animals at HOME Manchester
A review of the acclaimed cabaret duo’s debut musical, based on the Epic of Gilgamesh. Loosely.
March 2020 update
Info about my recent and upcoming activity including another Dr Duckie talk, articles about queer film and a contribution to an exhibition on reclaiming urban space.
