Award-winning documentary 'Manufactured Landscapes' released by the British Film Institute on 9 May
Manufactured Landscapes, the award-winning documentary from director Jennifer Baichwal’s, opens throughout the UK on the 9th of May 2008 in London (The Gate, Notting Hill; BFI, Southbank; Barbican; Ritzy) Cambridge (Cambridge Arts Picturehouse) and Edinburgh (Cameo).
Acclaimed by Al Gore as ‘beautiful, insightful and thought-provoking’, Jennifer Baichwal’s award-winning documentary Manufactured Landscapes will be released by the BFI on 9 May. From its opening tracking shot along the seemingly endless expanse of a Chinese factory floor, it offers an amazing and alarming insight into the human and environmental costs of massive industrial expansion.
For more information and venues, please visit www.bfi.org.uk/manufactured
There will be a Q&A sesion with both the film’s director and Edward Burtynsky on the opening weekend:
BFI Southbank
Fri 9 May 18:00: Introduction by, and Q&A with, director Jennifer Baichwal
Fri 9 May 20:20: This screening is followed by a dialogue with artist Edward Burtynsky
Sat 10 May 15:20: Intro and Q&A with Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky
The Gate
Sun 11 May 16:00: This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Jennifer Baichwal
For further information on the Q&A sessions, please visit www.bfi.org.uk/manufactured.