Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
With Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina having recently been released after a 22-month stint in prison, it seems like the perfect time to watch (or re-watch) Mike Lerner's HBO documentary, charting the story of the anti-Putin punk performance group. The full film can be seen here on YouTube.
PJ Harvey takes over The Today Programme
On 2nd January, Anna's favourite musician PJ Harvey was the guest for the Today Programme on Radio 4. The programme recieved a massive backlash due to it's 'left leaning content' (perhaps referring to the selected items using credible, fact-and statistic-based analysis, rather than a reliance on misinformation and sterotypes). You can hear the programme here.
LAMB+SEA at London Short Film Festival
UB Collaborator Sam Cambell is one half of the film and visual design duo Lamb+Sea. This weekend they showed their mesmirising new video for Roly Porter's track, 'Giedi Prime'. Taken from his debut solo album, 'Aftertime' at LSFF: New Shorts: Leftfield & Luscious. This video really is very GOOD. Check it out here.