A quick couple of parish noticeboard things fuelled by our good friends at The Hippies Now Wear Black who tell us four films by film maker Mick Duffield, from the time he worked as a multimedia artist with Crass, are being screened at The Horse Hospital, London on 14 April 2024.

In an unintended co-incidence, the London screening is on the same day as the London premiere of the new documentary The Sound of Free Speech. However, as the Reality Asylum screening is in the afternoon, it would be possible for any committed Crass cinephile in the capital on the day to attend both.

Axis  (1975 super 8 film – 17 minutes)
Of a meeting…

Tea Piece  (1971 – 2011  super 8 film – 5 minutes)
A cup of tea, 40 years in the making…
Music Paul Bley – Dual Unity – ‘Gargantuan Encounter’

Autopsy  (1976 super 8 film – 13 minutes)
First film with soundtrack shown at Crass gigs

Choosing Death  1978 super 8 film  – 23 minutes
Second film with sound track shown at Crass gigs

“We are delighted to host a screening Mick Duffield‘s films associated with Crass”     The Horse Hospital

Meanwhile an exhibition of Gee Vaucher’s ‘Crass art’ will be hosted at the Horse Hospital in London between 12th April and 27th April.

This will the fifth event to be announced by the venue so far this year involving former members of the band, following on from confirmation of the book launch for Crass: A Pictorial History, live performances by Penny Rimbaud and Eve Libertine, and the screening of Vaucher’s Semi-Detached film collection (on the opening night of the newly announced exhibition). The sixth event will be the screening of a series of films by Mick Duffield beginning on14 April.

Crass Art Exhibition -12-27 April 2024 (exhibition doors open Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00-18:00) The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, London WC1N 1JD  – More details

Lings – The Hippies Now Wear Black / The Horse Hospital