Sally Potter's debut feature is a radical experiment in narrative and a key work of early '80s feminist cinema.
Made with an all-woman crew (equally paid) it rewrote cinema history from a feminist perspective. Drawing together dance, Bergmanesque cinematography, and a cool inquiry into the bond of money, beauty and power, its a brilliant example of the uncommercial filmmaking supported by the Arts Council and BFI throughout the decade.
🎟️ The Gold Diggers (U) | Fri 19 Sep - Thu 25 Sep
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A bank clerk, fascinated by the relationship between gold and power, and an enigmatic film star, on a quest for the truth about her own identity, cross paths and find a link between the male struggle for economic supremacy and the female ideal of mysterious but impotent beauty.
Part of Against the Grain, a season from Park Circus and Cinema Rediscovered.
