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This Was Forever, a film about the Allotments in the Olympic Games pathway.

polkadotsonraindrops | 15.09.2007 18:34 | Culture | Ecology | London

On September 23, Manor Garden Allotments will be bulldozed to make way for a pathway for the Olympic Games in 2012. The site in Hackney Wick, next to the River Lee, has been there for 100 years and was originally bequeathed as a gift to local people to grow their own food. The local community is now scattered and has lost a great resource. Over the past year, film maker Mark Aitken and a group of teenagers have produced a film in tribute to the plot-holders and this special place.

THIS WAS FOREVER

A film by Mark Aitken and young filmmakers from polkadotsonraindrops with a unique improvised soundtrack played live by the Amal Gamal Ensemble. (30 mins)

Elefest 2007: Sat 22 – Sun 30 September 2007

4pm, Sunday 23rd - FREE
Venue: Elephant Road Park, SE17 - The Groovy Movie Picture House: The world’s first solar powered cinema

Elefest, Elephant and Castle's free* annual festival returns this September, celebrating the creative and cultural diversity of the area. Over 10 days, the festival transforms the neighbourhood with a solar powered cinema, a photographic exhibition in the subway underneath the roundabout, as well as live bands, open rehearsals, readings and talks in venues around Elephant and Castle.

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