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A brief plug for Moving Image, the independent community cinema for Wivenhoe, which next weekend will be pulling off something of a cinematic coup. The Philip Road Centre [um... where else?] will be blackened out on Saturday evening ahead of the screening of Black Pond.

The Guardian described it as:

“A deeply eccentric, haunting marvel… If Syd Barrett had ever written and directed a movie, it might well have looked like this.”

The good folk of Moving Image actually wrote to the Director, Tom Kingsley, enquiring about the possibility of screening Black Pond in Wivenhoe. Tom took a look at the Moving Image website, and apparently was so impressed with the concept of a hyperlocal community cinema, permission was soon granted. Local support on the 28th January would be particularly appreciated.

And just to show that Moving Image isn’t all about Graun lauded art house films, how about the family fun the following day with the screening of Arrietty? The Philip Road Centre once again is the venue, with a 3pm start time.

The recent run of Moving Image films since the Christmas break have been rewarded with a decent crowd and fantastic feedback. Black Pond looks like a rare one-off Wivenhoe moment that deserves your attention if you are free.

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