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‘Suddenly, I find myself feeling sick…’
Marking the 30th anniversary of Todd Haynes’ psychological drama Safe (1995), this screening is an opportunity to explore the representation of disabled women within melodrama.
Carol White (Julianne Moore), a Southern Californian housewife, begins experiencing disorienting symptoms: headaches, congestion, dry cough, nosebleeds, vomiting and trouble breathing. Dismissed by the people around her and deteriorating with every passing day, Safe is a thoughtful and unnerving representation of what it is to be sick under neoliberal capitalism. Rather than play into the ableist misogyny that invented the idea of hysteria, instead, SAFE exposes it to the audience.
This tour is presented by the Independent Cinema Office and curated by Charlie Little, Emily Simmons and Florence Grieve.
LONDON: Barbican Cinema, 10 November
EDINBURGH: Filmhouse Cinema, 15 November
BIRMINGHAM: Midlands Arts Centre, 07 December
BRISTOL: Watershed, 14 December
For tickets, access information, and more details visit our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ico_crip_melodrama
This trailer was created with kind permission on Scene on Film for use of their trailer edit https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BGTzCA9N6aQ&pp=ygURc2FmZSAxOTk1IHRyYWlsZXI%3D
‘Suddenly, I find myself feeling sick…’
Marking the 30th anniversary of Todd Haynes’ psychological drama Safe (1995), this screening is an opportunity to explore the representation of disabled women within melodrama.
Carol White (Julianne Moore), a Southern Californian housewife, begins experiencing disorienting symptoms: headaches, congestion, dry cough, nosebleeds, vomiting and trouble breathing. Dismissed by the people around her and deteriorating with every passing day, Safe is a thoughtful and unnerving representation of what it is to be sick under neoliberal capitalism. Rather than play into the ableist misogyny that invented the idea of hysteria, instead, SAFE exposes it to the audience.
This tour is presented by the Independent Cinema Office and curated by Charlie Little, Emily Simmons and Florence Grieve.
LONDON: Barbican Cinema, 10 November
EDINBURGH: Filmhouse Cinema, 15 November
BIRMINGHAM: Midlands Arts Centre, 07 December
BRISTOL: Watershed, 14 December
For tickets, access information, and more details visit our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ico_crip_melodrama
This trailer was created with kind permission on Scene on Film for use of their trailer edit https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BGTzCA9N6aQ&pp=ygURc2FmZSAxOTk1IHRyYWlsZXI%3D
