Documenting women

Bird's Eye View Festival screens factual programme.

by Amber Wilkinson

The Birds Eye View Film Festival Part III: Documentaries will run from September 15 - 17 - with 13 documentaries being screened at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London.

The Festival - which will be launched by writer Amma Asante - will open with the UK premiere screening of Martyr Street - a film which explores the Israel/Palestinian conflict through the lives of two teenage girls. A painful portrait of the children who grow up in war-torn Hebron.

Alongside the longer features, which also include chorus girls documentary Been Rich All My Life and Until The Violence Stops which documents the worldwide impact of The Vagina Monologues.

Tickets are priced £8. For further details and to book visit the official site

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