Woven in Film

As part of Woven, Creative Scene will host Ripping Yarns and Kirklees Through Textiles, a series of free pop-up short film screenings at Brigantia in Dewsbury and Holme Bank Mills in Mirfield on 8 and 15 June 2019.

For the screening in Mirfield, the films will be shown in the disused James Walker mill behind Holme Bank Mill - we are really lucky to have given access to the space, so it'll be a truly atmospheric screening to celebrate the fantastic textile heritage of the local area. Holme Bank Mill is opposite Mirfield train station so really easily accessible from Leeds and Dewsbury.

Ripping Yarns is a series of short tales from the Kirklees textile trade by Alistair Macdonald. The films explore the innovative businesses in Kirklees who are pioneering practices such as recycling unwanted clothes in order to generate electricity, using digital technology to push the boundaries of textile design and recycling denim to soundproof cars.

Kirklees Through Textiles, a cornucopia of local historic films curated by Chris Squire, will follow Ripping Yarns. The short films from the 1900s to present day, include rare footage of workers leaving a Dewsbury mill at the beginning of the 20th century and the forgotten story of Schofield and Smith’s mill in Slaithwaite (and the artist who salvaged material from it after it burned down!).

Please note for the screening on 15 June: due to the nature of the building this screening is not fully accessible and there are steps into the screening. Please contact us on 01924 437 966 for full access information.

For more information visit https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/creativescene/woven-in-film/e-elrbmd