Light is Calling: Bill Morrison

12.07.10
Light is Calling, Bill Morrison, 2004 ‘Orphan Film’ is a term that American film archivists coined to describe what we’d call archive or found footage. It’s not just old stuff – the MGM back catalogue isn’t ‘orphaned’. And ‘orphan’ is a great, literal and poetic term for this stuff that has been lost, abandoned, or which, as described, a bit more prosaically by the Library of ...
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The Miners’ Hymns by Bill Morrison with live musical score

11.07.10
The Miners' Hymns, Bill Morrison, Image courtesy of Durham County Council Dates: 15 and 16 July, 9.30pm | Location: Durham Cathedral, UK Made with footage from national film archives, The Miners’ Hymns by Bill Morrison is to be premiered in Durham Cathedral for two nights only. Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson‘s original score for brass will be performed live by a specially selected ensemble of musicians, adding an ...
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