Scared to Dance: Escape From History + Q&A
TBC 120 mins
TBC 120 mins
In Autumn 1995, James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore decamped to a remote studio in Normandy with producer Mike Hedges to begin recording their fourth album. Just eight months after the disappearance of their bandmate and lyricist Richey Edwards, Manic Street Preachers faced an uncertain future. What emerged from those sessions was the astonishing Everything Must Go — the critically acclaimed album that propelled the band into the mainstream and has since become a modern classic.To mark the 30th anniversary of the beginning of those sessions, Kieran Evans’ acclaimed feature documentary Escape From History will receive a special one-night-only screening at Picturehouse Central on November 13th.Visually striking and emotionally charged, Escape From History is far more than a music documentary. It is a hauntingly intimate portrait of three musicians standing on the edge of collapse, and of the extraordinary act of creation that carried them through. The film doesn’t simply recount the making of a landmark album — it captures the human drama behind it, revealing Manic Street Preachers as never before: fragile yet unbreakable, vulnerable yet fearless. Evans’ film is a powerful cinematic portrayal of how, out of the darkest moments, can come a work of blazing light.This special screening offers fans and audiences alike a rare chance to experience the film on the big screen for the very first time.Following the screening, James Dean Bradfield and filmmaker Kieran Evans will join Robin Turner for an in-depth Q&A.