NYAB Event - Duncan Campbell "Make It New John"

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At Artists Space
Media: Film

Make It New John (2009) tells the story of the legendary DeLorean car, its creator John DeLorean and the workers of the Belfast-based car plant who built it. Campbell's film deftly contrasts the DeLorean dream with its spectacular downfall during a critical period in Northern Ireland's history, and the canonization of the car- the DMC12- as a symbol of the American myth of mobility.

As with Campbell's earlier works such as Bernadette (2008) and Falls Burns Malone Fiddles (2003), Make It New John (2009) fuses the documentary aesthetic with fictive moments, using existing archival news and documentary footage from the 1980s as well as new passages of 16mm film shot by Campbell, imagining a conversation between DeLorean factory workers.

Make It New John (51 minutes) will be screened every hour on the hour.

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