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    [EFF16X2] Special screening of Seasons of Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF16X2] Special screening of Seasons of Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000265

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    11 November 2016, 18:00, Birkbeck Cinema

    In honour of his 90th birthday, BIMI and the Derek Jarman Lab celebrated the work of English artist, critic and filmmaker John Berger with a special screening of Seasons of Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, hosted by Derek Jarman Lab producer Lily Ford. Comprised of four essay films, Seasons of Quincy delves into John Berger’s time in the small Alpine village of Quincy, the subject of his “Into their Labour” trilogy chronicling peasant life in the Haute-Savoie. The result is a layered, fascinating portrayal of an artist, his relationship to his art and other artists.

    Film: Seasons of Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, Bartek Dziadosz, Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth, Tilda Swinton, UK, 2016, digital, 90 minutes

    This film is the product of a five-year project by Tilda Swinton, Colin MacCabe and Christopher Roth to create a portrait of the intellectual and storyteller John Berger. It was produced by the Derek Jarman Lab, an audio-visual hub for graduate filmmaking based at Birkbeck, University of London, in collaboration with the composer Simon Fisher Turner.

    More information about the film can be found on this website: http://seasonsinquincy.com

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    The Essay Film Festival ran between 2015 and 2023, and presented a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes.

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    [EFF16X2] Special screening of Seasons of Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
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    Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew
    Dataset Contributors:

    ContributionNameEmailORCID
    CollaboratorMcCabe, Janetj.mccabe@bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-9876
    CollaboratorEmma, Yappeyapp01@student.bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2646-6066
    Subjects:

    Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Data collection method:

    The Essay Film Festival ran between 2015 and 2023, and presented a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes.
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    11 November 201611 November 2016
    Statement on legal, ethical, and access issues:

    All film stills were provided by participating artists.
    Depositing User: Emma Yapp
    Date Deposited: 30 Jun 2026 12:53
    Last Modified: 03 Jul 2026 10:58
    Publisher: Birkbeck College, University of London

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    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF16X2] Special screening of Seasons of Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000265

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