News from Devon peace worker Jenny Linnell in the Gaza strip for International Solidarity Movement is that she is escorting visiting journalist, filming and interviewing, and trying to follow the cases of some of the children attempting to leave the country for treatment. The boy who lost his sister and grandfather and was burned
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 1 comment - ()posted by Cptn A new park and ride scheme for Exeter has been mapped into virtual reality for the people to cast their skeptical eye over for the public consultation. posted by Cptn Kolo during the Melting Pot studio sessions, at Malcolm Toft’s Newton Abbot studio, the Music Mill , South Devon music maestro Malcolm Toft, who worked with the People’s Republic of South Devon on the Melting Pot studio sessions, has been awarded a visiting professorship in music technology by Leeds College of Music. It’s exciting times here at the People’s Republic of South Devon, and here’s why – tea-glugging tunester Katie Marie, who’s preparing to hot foot it to Germany for the next leg on her road to European domination, will be providing a regular Thursday feature entitled Not Bad For a Girl. Over to you, Katie. posted by Cptn The move from plastic bags to reusable cotton ones has been a Saltash success story. In a case of impeccable timing, the Saltash Environmental Action Group, which borrowed £1,600 from Saltash Town Council, will pay back its the loan on Thursday (January 15) – six months early. 1 comment - ()posted by Cptn The Way Young Lovers Do – My Toys Like Me from Luke Hagan on Vimeo. This winsome video was made by Luke Hagan, who picked up the University of Exeter Award for Best Student Film at Two Short Nights, after his One Year On film was shown at the D+CFilm Open posted by Cptn Turns out the demise of rural post offices and transport networks go to undermine financial inclusion – thank goodness for committees. A lot of work has been done to combat rural financial exclusion, and plenty of good examples of that work is in Devon, and this film of Rural Advocate Stuart This year’s BritDocs Audience award winner, Heavy Load, is being shown at Newton Abbot’s Alexandra Theatre tonight (December 4) as part of the View From Here festival. posted by Cptn Star of stage and screen and a citizen of the People’s Republic of South Devon, Peter Richardson has scaled the greasy pole of comedy through the Comic Strip, Stella Street and blockbusters like The Pope Must Die and Churchill: the Hollywood Years. You’d expect he’d have plenty of stories to posted by Cptn Scenes from a young person’s film at the Carlton Theatre, tonight . The View From Here film festival kicks off with the Young People’s screening at 7pm at the Carlton Theatre, Teignmouth, from 7pm. posted by Cptn The Two Short Nights film festival kicked into action with the D+CFilm Open screening last night, followed by the presentation of all the films finished and submitted to the 48-Hour Filmmaking Challenge. To find out who won, to hear what they said after presented with the Ben Yates’ designed award and posted by Cptn South Devon artist Ben Yates is most widely know through his photocubism work – 3D photographic mosaics. But he’s now looking behind the screen, so to speak, and using defunct computer components to create cities and… trophies for the Two Short Nights film festival, which kicks off on Friday, November 28, posted by Cptn [flash medium=2] The View From Here film festival, that South Devon celebration of moving image, is kicking into action on Monday, December 1, but it has been carrying out a dizzying number of filmmaking workshops throughout the region in the run-up to its week-long series of events. posted by Cptn [flash medium=1] The Stay Up Late campaign aims to give people with learning disabilities more control over how they structure their lives. |
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