2021-22 – Wimbledon Film Club

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Dickens’ works tend to be adapted as serials, which is how he wrote them; the last cinema version of David Copperfield appeared over 50 years ago.

Birds of Passage

The origins of the Colombian drug trade, as seen through the eyes of an indigenous family from the matrilineal Wayúu tribe, residing in the remote northern desert region of Guajira, who become involved in the booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970s.

The Big Heat

Police Sergeant Bannion is investigating the apparent suicide of a policeman, when he is suddenly ordered to stop.

Honeyland

This surprise Sundance triple winner accompanies Hatidze Muratova, the last in a long line of wild beekeepers in northern Macedonia.

Saint Maud

A private nurse for palliative care is convinced that God has a special purpose in store for her.

Rocks

Teenage Shola, Rocks to her classmates, battles to care for herself and her younger brother after they are abandoned by their single mother.

Talking About Trees

Once, they were acclaimed film directors; today they are virtually forgotten.

The Lighthouse

An hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers trying to keep a grip on their sanity and humanity on a remote New England island in the 1890s.

White Riot

In 1976, underground theatre activist Red Saunders co-founded Rock Against Racism to mount demonstrations and concerts against the growing influence of the far-right National Front.

Mr. Jones

Set in the 1930s, amid the posturing and jostling preceding WWII, Mr.

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Season: 2021-22