We’re over the moon to host the 2 day Sublime Frequencies film festival. Hisham Mayet ~ a film maker, photographer, musical researcher and sound adventurer and co-owner of the Sublime Frequencies, will join us to screen a selection of his films. Tom of Hummingbird records will be spinning records as well ~ a treat for the eyes, a treat for the ears
Chef Chantelle will be cooking up something good, 5pm till sold out. Menu TBD
Find tickets here: (1 or 2 day passes available) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sublime-frequencies-film-fest-july-11th-12th-tickets-1992516619847?aff=oddtdtcreator
trailer : https://vimeo.com/user71331680
****Sublime Frequencies is a collective of explorers dedicated to
acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and
traditional urban and rural frontiers via film and video, field
recordings, radio and short wave transmissions, international folk and
pop music, sound anomalies, and other forms of human and natural
expression not documented sufficiently through all channels of academic
research, the modern recording industry, media, or corporate
foundations.****
Sunday July 12th
7pm Musical Brotherhoods From the Trans-Saharan Highway
Filmed in 2005 by Hisham Mayet predominately at the Jemaa Al Fna in
Marrakesh Morocco, 'Musical Brotherhoods of the Trans-Saharan Highway'
captures an assortment of spectacular musical dramas presented live and
unfiltered on the home turf of the world's most dynamic string and drum
specialists performing and manifesting the ecstatic truth. Ancient
mystical brotherhoods have been flourishing for centuries in and around
the cities of Marrakesh and Essaouira in Morocco where the trade
caravans have gathered from their long journeys across the Trans-Saharan
Highway. This is some of the last great street music on Earth. A must
see for string aficionados looking for inspiration as electric ouds,
banjos, mandolins and the Gnawa sentir peel flesh from bone right before
your eyes!
8pm Voundoun Gods of the Slave Coast 50 min
Hisham Mayet's exploration of West African possession ceremonies
continues in Benin. Benin is the cradle and birthplace of Voodoo.
Formally known as the Slave Coast as, most of the slave industry was
exported from its shores. Voodoo worship is integral to the every day
lives of the people of Benin. This film, shot in 2010 during the
country's rich Vodoun celebrations, is an impressionistic lens on the
myriad ceremonies that this rich and diverse culture has to offer.
Showcasing intimate observations of a variety of Voodoo ceremonies: The
cult of Sakpata (god of Pestilence and healing), Egoun dramas shrouded
in magisterial costumes and the Secret Police of the Zangbeto night
watchmen, among other highlights.
9pm Michael Hurley Memorial Doc