This event has now ended. You can watch a recording of the discussion here.

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This month on the Cinema of Ideas we are screening two films by Margaret Salmon, one of Britain's most vital cinema artists, in a double bill that places her latest work Icarus (after Amelia) [2021] alongside her 2016 film Bird. Both films will be able to stream from 24-30 September and we will be joined by Salmon for a live-streamed Q&A on 29 September at 7pm.

Combined tickets for Icarus (after Amelia), Bird and the live-streamed Q&A with Margaret Salmon cost £7.

- Watch Bird

- Watch the live Q&A with Margaret Salmon (7pm, 29 September)

Icarus (after Amelia)

Icarus (after Amelia) is a gendered labour study. Shot on 35mm colour film and beginning in the clouds above the city of Glasgow and continuing to the workplace below, this film is a meditation on ideologies of work; on fixed perspectives, horizons, love, and theoretical determinants. It presents an introduction to feminist economic analysis alongside collaborations with Glaswegian women including musician Tracyanne Campbell, Professor Sara Cantillon, writer Maria Fusco and workers from local businesses and social enterprises including Govan HELP, Morris & Spottiswood and Starter Packs Glasgow. First and foremost a deconstruction of contemporary life through the lens of feminist economic theory, Icarus (after Amelia) is an effort to present audiences with an emotive, intuitive discussion of value, production and hope within the ‘family’ and wider community in Britain. Responding to research and relationships through an intimate process of making and discussion, this body of work traces and archives a period of dramatic change in the UK in 2020/21.

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