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Mm

Mm: a film about language, masculinity and speedway racing. Part-feminist linguistic investigation, part-child’s learning tool and celebration of motor sport, a voice-over of words and associations narrates 35mm verité footage of the Berwick Bandits, an all-male Speedway motorcycle team with the mantra ‘No Brakes, No Gears, No Fear’.

Director

Country

Year

2017

Premiere

Duration

30 mins

Tapes Up

Duration

15 mins

TRAILER

Year

2017

Duration

1 mins

Once a Jolly Swagman

Released in the United States with the brashly appropriate title of Maniacs on Wheels, this 1949 BAFTA nominated film starred Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Thora Hird, Sid James and Bill Owen. Bogarde, plays the role of Bill Fox, a bored factory worker whom against the wishes of his family and girlfriend, takes to the speedway track where he becomes a star. From then on in it’s glamour or grit all the way.

Director

Country

Year

1949

Duration

103 mins

Distributor

Park Circus