Susan Thomson
@scmthomson
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Delighted to hear that Ghost Empire § Belize (2021) has won two IndieFEST Film Awards - an Award of Recognition (Documentary Feature) and an Award of Merit (Liberation/Social Justice/Protest) @UNIBAMSupport
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Very moving to speak with the audience after the screening of The Swimming Diaries @BradfordLitFest on Sunday, they found the film very powerful indeed. Huge thanks to @artscouncil_ie and to Bradford Literature Festival!
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On my way to @BradfordLitFest delighted to be back at the festival this weekend introducing my film The Swimming Diaries tomorrow July 6! The film is based on my memoir available at Still a few tickets for film here @artscouncil_ie.
bradfordlitfest.co.uk
The Swimming Diaries is an experimental docufiction film by Susan Thomson, an adaptation of her memoir into a visual and auditory exploration of grief and memory.
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Very much looking forward to introducing The Swimming Diaries film based on my memoir which sold for many years at @artbookps1 MoMA, at Bradford Literature Festival @BradfordLitFest Museum of Science & Media this Sunday July 6! Trailer at .@artscouncil_ie
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RT @TheBenjaminPine: Watched Ghost Empire Mauritius-Chagos this evening, part of #BradfordLitFest. A fascinating and important insight int….
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Looking forward to screening Ghost Empire § Mauritius-Chagos (2025) at Bradford Literature Festival this Sunday 29th June and discussion after with Nabeela Rasheed @BradfordLitFest @artscouncil_ie @ChagossianVoic2 @HumanDignityT @TeaBraun @AnjeeKaur
bradfordlitfest.co.uk
Join anthropologist and author, Susan Thomson, for a screening of Ghost Empire Mauritius-Chagos, a powerful documentary exploring the complex history and ongoing struggles of the Chagos Archipelago...
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Been speaking on BCB Radio ahead of showing Ghost Empire Mauritius-Chagos June 29 at Bradford Literature Festival when I'll be in conversation after! Listen back at 4.45- 5pm June 24 @HumanDignityT @artscouncil_ie @BradfordLitFest
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Delighted to announce that I will be screening two of my films at Bradford Literature Festival! The Swimming Diaries (2024) and Ghost Empire § Mauritius-Chagos (2025) + Q&A. Check out the programme at Many thanks @artscouncil_ie @dlmckevitt @PIERSMcGRAIL
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Just been sent this press release by Bernadette Dugasse, of the submission today June 5th to the UN challenging the UK Mauritius deal over the Chagos Islands! My film Ghost Empire § Mauritius-Chagos will screen at Bradford Literature Festival June 29th!
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A fabulous evening for the UK premiere of The Swimming Diaries last night, with a truly beautiful live performance from @dlmckevitt before, great turnout & fascinating questions from the audience who seemed profoundly moved by the film. Many thanks @LewesDepot @artscouncil_ie
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Delighted to be screening The Swimming Diaries (2024) tomorrow Wednesday 28th eve at the Depot cinema, Lewes with a short live performance from the fantastic soundtrack by @dlmckevitt and Q & A after! Huge thanks to @artscouncil_ie @LewesDepot
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Delighted to present the UK premiere of The Swimming Diaries this Wed 28 May at the Depot Cinema, Lewes. Come along for a live performance by @dlmckevitt from her beautiful soundtrack album before the movie and a Q & A after. @artscouncil_ie @LewesDepot
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Looking forward to screening The Swimming Diaries next week at the Depot Cinema, Lewes! @dlmckevitt @artscouncil_ie.
Q&A SCREENING: THE SWIMMING DIARIES, Wed 28 May - Q&A with filmmaker @scmthomson plus a live performance by Donna McKevitt. Hovering between experimental documentary, musical theatre and opera, this experimental film traces a journey from life to death.
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RT @LewesDepot: Q&A SCREENING: THE SWIMMING DIARIES, Wed 28 May - Q&A with filmmaker @scmthomson plus a live performance by Donna McKevitt….
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At the High Court today for the Chagos case, last minute injunction overturned and deal signed. Ghost Empire § Mauritius-Chagos (2025) more screenings coming soon!
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An online doc film of mine from 2020, The Cytokine Storms, about the pandemic, the right to life, engineered famine as a weapon of war, against climate protestors, the historical engineered famines in India and Ireland, relevant in the light of Gaza.
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Today I spoke with Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International at the Royal Courts of Justice, for the Al-Haq court case, about engineered famine, UK complicity in arms in the genocide in Gaza. @amnesty
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The Swimming Diaries (2024, 100 mins) is Official Selection at Tokyo Lift-Off film Festival @TokyoLiftOff Many thanks to @artscouncil_ie for the Reel Art Award funding to make this film!
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The Swimming Diaries @IMMAIreland 24th April - May 7th 9.30am - 6.30pm, so great to see it on the Irish Museum of Modern Art Living Canvas! With huge thanks to @artscouncil_ie
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A special screening of The Swimming Diaries tomorrow Thurs May 1st, I'll be there so come along & say hi! The film screens @IMMAIreland Living Canvas til May 7th. Huge thanks @artscouncil_ie for the Reel Art award and for fab music @dlmckevitt & underwater dance Julie Gautier!
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RT @artscouncil_ie: See 'The Swimming Diaries' (2024) at @IMMAIreland for Living Canvas!. The Reel Art funded film uses movement to bring t….
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