Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 5
Sun Jun 07
Threads
Q&A with filmmaker Mick Jackson
U.S. Premiere of New 4K Restoration
Brand-new 4K Restoration by Severin Films
- DIRECTOR
- Mick Jackson
- CAST
- Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly
SYNOPSIS
Q&A with filmmaker Mick Jackson
U.S. Premiere of New 4K Restoration
Brand-new 4K Restoration by Severin Films
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 5’
Upon its 1984 premiere at the height of global nuclear tension, THREADS shocked the entirety of the BBC’s viewership. Months later, it became the most-watched cable program in American history. Exactingly directed by Mick Jackson (VOLCANO) from a screenplay by Barry Hines (Ken Loach’s KES), this graphic docudrama depicts the unraveling of society after the working-class city of Sheffield, UK undergoes nuclear attack. With talk of nuclear conflict back in the news, the time is now for audiences with fortitude to experience and absorb this shattering vision on the big screen.
U.S. Premiere of New 4K Restoration
Brand-new 4K Restoration by Severin Films
‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 5’
Upon its 1984 premiere at the height of global nuclear tension, THREADS shocked the entirety of the BBC’s viewership. Months later, it became the most-watched cable program in American history. Exactingly directed by Mick Jackson (VOLCANO) from a screenplay by Barry Hines (Ken Loach’s KES), this graphic docudrama depicts the unraveling of society after the working-class city of Sheffield, UK undergoes nuclear attack. With talk of nuclear conflict back in the news, the time is now for audiences with fortitude to experience and absorb this shattering vision on the big screen.
