Screening of the documentary '50 Years of Punk' with a Q&A with director Mark Sloper and a performance by the Hastings Punk Choir.
Electric Palace is screening 50 Years of Punk on Tuesday 10 November, part of their First Tuesdays series. It's a documentary by Mark Sloper that traces punk's explosion on London's Kings Road, and the night doesn't stop when the credits roll: Sloper will be there for a Q&A, and the Hastings Punk Choir will perform too. The whole thing runs for 77 minutes.
The film is an insider account of punk's evolution and legacy, put together by the artists and people who lived it. It's built from interviews and footage of Hugh Cornwell, Dave Vanian, Vivienne Westwood, Rat Scabies, Gaye Advert, Richard Jobson, Glen Matlock, Jan Wobble, Terry Chimes, Tony James and Viv Albertine. Its makers frame punk as more than just music, describing it as a way of life rooted in individuality, creativity, authenticity and freedom — values they say are more relevant now than they were fifty years ago.
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Because it's a First Tuesdays screening, it's a mid-week one. The film is rated 15. Tickets are £12 for a standard adult, £10 for concessions (senior citizens, unemployed and disabled), and £6 for members aged 21 and under. It starts at 19:30 at Electric Palace Cinema, 39a High Street, Hastings TN34 3ER.
