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INTO 2018 WITH TALKIES:
BBC correspondent Kurt Barling kicks off 2018 introducing ’I am not your Negro’, followed a week later by a film about a very special marriage, ruled on by the American Supreme Court.
Start filling in your 2018 cultural diary! 

THURS 4 JAN
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
THE DUGDALE CENTRE
Based on the work of author and activist James Baldwin this Oscar-nominated documentary, explores the historical issue of racial discrimination and violence in the United States.
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FRI 12 JAN
LOVING
BOUNDS GREEN CLUB
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.
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THURS 1 FEB
THE OLIVE TREE
THE DUGDALE CENTRE
Written by Paul Laverty, of I Daniel Blake fame, this wonderfully heartfelt movie is about a young woman who decides to rescue her grandfather’s olive tree, sold to a German company as a green symbol.
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SAT 10 FEB
A UNITED KINGDOM
WATERHOUSE HALL THEATRE N213NU
The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
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SAT 24 FEB
MATTHEW BOURNE'S SLEEPING BEAUTY
CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHGATE GREEN
A sumptuous, gothic fairy tale with a twist on the classic story, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty will delight dance fans of all ages.
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THURS 1 MARCH
TRISHNA
THE DUGDALE CENTRE
Based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Trishna is the story of the tragic relationship between the son of a property developer and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner.
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FRI 9 MARCH
LOVING VINCENT
BOUNDS GREEN CLUB
In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
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SAT 31 MARCH
PICCADILLY 
WITH LIVE BURLESQUE INTRO
WATERHOUSE HALL THEATRE N21 3NU
Talkies creates a 1920’s cabaret evening with live burlesque before a classic of British Cinema, starring Anna Mae Wong.
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