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Central Cinema - Yellow is Forbidden
Location: Central Cinema Inc
Region: Alexandra
Dates: Sat, 24 November 2018 - Sun, 2 December 2018 @ 24th Nov, 7.30pm. 28th Nov, 2pm. 2nd Dec, 2pm.
Chinese designer Guo Pei made fashion headlines around the world when Rihanna wore her massive canary yellow gown to the Met Gala in 2015. If ever a dress was intended to stop the show, this was it. Typically of Guo Pei, it was intricately embroidered and bejewelled, the product of years rather than months of work – an opulent one-off, likely only ever to be worn on a catwalk or red carpet.
How did the daughter of a communist soldier and primary school teacher, educated, as she informs a bemused Western press at ‘No 2 Light Industry School, Beijing’, become the designer of choice to China’s one percent, positioning herself for global significance? We are taken into her world as she seeks acceptance from Paris’ Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Her irresistible force may have met an immovable object.
In milieux as different as Afghanistan (A Flickering Truth), South Sudan (The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins) and a New Zealand high school (Māori Boy Genius), Kiwi director Pietra Brettkelly has excelled as an enthralled yet keenly perceptive observer of highly driven individuals. In Guo Pei she meets a subject fit for the times. The contemporary hankering for imperial grandeur may never have looked more insanely magnificent than in Guo Pei’s world of wearable arts. Its roots in suppression, aptly alluded to in the film’s title, are astutely observed in Brettkelly’s fascinating, gorgeous film.
“With a remarkable eye for detail and exquisite blending of visual art forms, Pietra Brettkelly captures Guo’s drive, artistry, meticulousness, and acumen.” — Brian Gordon, Tribeca Film Festival
For further information and to book visit www.centralcinema.co.nz.
Location
21 Centennial Avenue,
November 2018
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Queenstown Arts Centre - Art Awards 2018, Call for Entries.Thu, 1 November 2018 - Sun, 11 November 2018 @ Entries Open Now. | The Buskers Festival, Alexandra.Registrations open. Wed, 31 October 2018 - Fri, 2 November 2018 @ Daily Gallery 33 - Pots & PossibilitiesFri, 2 November 2018 - Fri, 23 November 2018 @ Mon-Fri, 10 - 5.30. Sat & Sun 10 - 5.00. | 3 | ||||
4 | Eade Gallery - 'Looking at the Moon' by Marg Hamilton.Sun, 7 October 2018 - Mon, 5 November 2018 @ 10am - 5pm daily. 12 Days of Christmas Drawing Challenge - Registrations Open Now.Mon, 5 November 2018 - Thu, 22 November 2018 @ Registrations open now. | Marion Vialade - Pop-up Studio Open Days.Tue, 6 November 2018 - Tue, 27 November 2018 @ 6th Nov, 20th Nov and 27th Nov, 10am-1pm. | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Queenstown Arts Centre - Art Awards 2018, Call for Entries.Thu, 1 November 2018 - Sun, 11 November 2018 @ Entries Open Now. Central Otago Regional Choir - Viva Vivaldi, Queenstown, Wanaka and Alexandra.Fri, 9 November 2018 - Sun, 11 November 2018 @ Daily Edinburgh Central Art Awards 2018Fri, 9 November 2018 - Sun, 11 November 2018 @ Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. | 12 | 13 | 14 | Michael Hill International Violin Competition - Applications Open.Wed, 15 August 2018 - Thu, 15 November 2018 @ Applications Open Now. | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 12 Days of Christmas Drawing Challenge - Registrations Open Now.Mon, 5 November 2018 - Thu, 22 November 2018 @ Registrations open now. | 23 | Central Cinema - Yellow is ForbiddenSat, 24 November 2018 - Sun, 2 December 2018 @ 24th Nov, 7.30pm. 28th Nov, 2pm. 2nd Dec, 2pm. Central Otago Regional Orchestra - Can-Can You? Arrowtown and Cromwell.Sat, 24 November 2018 - Sun, 25 November 2018 Dunedin School of Art - SITE 2018Sat, 24 November 2018 - Thu, 29 November 2018 @ Sat, 10am-4pm. Sun-Thurs, 12noon-4pm daily. |
25 | 26 | Marion Vialade - Pop-up Studio Open Days.Tue, 6 November 2018 - Tue, 27 November 2018 @ 6th Nov, 20th Nov and 27th Nov, 10am-1pm. | 28 | Artbay Gallery - Ilya Volyknine.Thu, 25 October 2018 - Thu, 29 November 2018 @ 10am - 5pm daily. Dunedin School of Art - SITE 2018Sat, 24 November 2018 - Thu, 29 November 2018 @ Sat, 10am-4pm. Sun-Thurs, 12noon-4pm daily. Central Cinema - NTL - King Lear.Thu 29th Nov at 2pm and Sun 2nd at 5pm. Thu, 29 November 2018 - Sun, 2 December 2018 @ Thu 29th Nov, 2pm. Sun 2nd, 5pm. | Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - Exhibition Opening and Award Celebration.Fri, 30 November 2018 @ 5.30pm |