# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Reimagining the Archive: Film Screening plus Q&A with Hope Strickland
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us at SODA to watch the latest work by the brilliant artist-filmmaker Hope Strickland, plus films from the North West Film Archive.About this EventReimagining the Archive: Film Screening plus Q&A with Hope Strickland and the North West Film ArchiveThis screening event will explore the long-term collaboration between the North West Film Archive and artist-filmmaker Hope Strickland. A presentation of selected archival films will screen alongside Hope's recent moving image work. The screening and discussion will consider the working relationship between archive and artist and what it means to reimagine archival materials.The event will feature two of Hope's recent films:An Unimaginable Leap (2025)St, Mary’s Parish, Jamaica, April 1760, in a cave near what is now known as Tacky Falls. Tacky’s Rebellion is unfolding as the most significant revolt of the eighteenth-century Caribbean, three decades before the Haitian Revolution.An unimaginable leap considers the relationship between grief, revolutionary time and cinematic form. Filming traverses loosely associated events and places in the contemporary: b-roll 16mm footage of daily life in Jamaica with the artist’s family; silhouettes of caves in the Peak District and Derbyshire; a celebration of Jamaica Independence Day at a cricket club in Manchester.Funding from Arts Council England and The Elephant Trusta river holds a perfect memory (2024)a river holds a perfect memory meanders gently across waterways in Jamaica, through leisure activities such as rafting on the Martha Brae River and a night-time boat trip in Falmouth’s bioluminescent Lagoon. In the UK, archival footage tracks industrial impact upon the landscape in Northern England - as water becomes a resource and a reservoir is constructed in Rochdale.A Film and Video Umbrella and Touchstones Gallery, Rochdale commission with public funding from Arts Council EnglandAll films will be captioned.Still images:"An Unimaginable Leap" (2025, Producer Hope Strickland)"a river holds a perfect memory" (2024, Producer Hope Strickland)"Lancashire Home of Industry" (1935, Producer Travel Association of Great Britain, North West Film Archive Reference Number 29)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/manchester/reimagining-the-archive-film-screening-plus-qanda-with-hope-strickland/100001979854259386
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, sports, trips-adventures, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 2 hours
  - Location: SODA (School of Digital Arts)
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Manchester
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: SODA (School of Digital Arts)
- **lat**: 53.4684559
- **long**: -2.2389436
- **full address**: SODA (School of Digital Arts), 14 Higher Chatham Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Reimagining the Archive: Film Screening plus Q&A with Hope Strickland being held?
  - **A:** Reimagining the Archive: Film Screening plus Q&A with Hope Strickland takes place on Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm at SODA (School of Digital Arts), 14 Higher Chatham Street, Manchester, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Reimagining the Archive: Film Screening plus Q&A with Hope Strickland?
  - **A:** Reimagining the Archive: Film Screening plus Q&A with Hope Strickland is organized by North West Film Archive, Manchester Metropolitan University.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Reimagining the Archive: Film Screening plus Q&A with Hope Strickland is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Manchester, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Reimagining the Archive: Film Screening plus Q&A with Hope Strickland sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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