Month: April 2016

Popeye Never Told You by Rodney Hall

2011
Mike Leggett

Rodney Hall is an Australian prize-winning author born outside Bristol in Britain in the 1930s. His account of experiencing the War as a child explores memory, experimenting with the kind of expressions used by children learning to use language to express themselves. I had met him some years previously during a residency and having lived in Bristol on two occasions, was attracted to the book. I wrote this short piece having collaborated on an earlier project with historians from the University of Western England. 

 

Sheepman Goes Walkabout with a Greyhound

1976
Mike Leggett

The 14-pages of notes were compiled following an extensive tour on a Greyhound bus of North America in 1976 with the recently completed Sheepman & the Sheared series of films. The report was commissioned by the British Council, the intention being to inform other prospective filmmaker tourers of what to expect as only one or two of us from the London Filmmakers Co-op had made the trip. It was also to provide feedback to the organisations I visited, many of whom did not know one another or were unaware of the larger international artists' film scene.