Learning on ScreenBritish Guide to Showing off
- Synopsis
- A look at The Alternative Miss World Show, the exotic subculture event and spectacular costume pageant created and hosted by Andrew Logan. THE BRITISH GUIDE TO SHOWING OFF was filmed over five years, charting the mounting of the 2009 Show, bringing to life its history through newly discovered archive, exuberant animation, and plenty of offbeat humour from contestants old and new.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2011
- Year of production
- 2011
- Notes
- Also available on Blu-ray
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- costume design; fashion; performance art; counter-culture; Pageants
Credits
- Director
- Jes Benstock
- Contributor
- Andrew Logan; Brian Eno; Derek Jarman; Divine; Michael Costiff; Richard O’Brian; Zandra Rhodes
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £8.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 92 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Distributor
Available from retail outlets
- Name
Verve Pictures
- contactviva@vivaverve.com
- Web
- http://www.vivaverve.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7299 3680
- Address
- Viva Verve Shop
79-80 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8TA - Notes
- Verve Pictures is an independent UK specialist film distributor, with particular emphasis on British and independent films. As an off-shoot of Verve, Drakes Avenue Pictures distributes independent films on DVD, with a special interest in contemporary arthouse and foreign films. A companion website http://www.vervepics.com/ also gives details of current and past releases. Sale direct or via retail outlets.
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