The screening will be preceeded by poetry readings surrounding the idea of place or origin, written and performed by Labeja Kodua, buitumelo and Jordan Blanchard.

Paterson is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey - they share the name. He's also a poet, recording his daily observations and thoughts in the form of beautiful prose. Paterson thrives on routine: he drives his bus route, he goes home for dinner with his wife Laura, he walks his dog, he visits his local bar for one beer. By contrast, Laura's world is ever-changing, with new projects and ideas striking her daily. During the course of one fateful week, Paterson experiences both triumph and disaster, and finds inspiration from the most unlikely source.

This screening will be followed by a members' only Creative writing workshop. As spaces for the workshop are very limited, tickets need to be booked in advance. See the event page for full details.

About the poets:

Labeja Kodua Okullu is a Ghanaian-British writer who lives in London. After studying English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, he went on to complete The Novel Studio writing course at City, University of London and is currently working on his first novel. Labeja has published poetry with Forward Poetry and Rattle magazine and has essays with The Smart Set, and the87press magazines, and has contributed a poem to Interior Realms, published by Theatrum Mundi. He co-edited the flagship research project publication Urban Backstages from Theatrum Mundi. He is also the programmer for Theatrum Mundi presents, an artist moving image film event that highlights new artists and their short films.

buitumelo (b.1991, Bulawayo) is an artist and poet. they’re africanfuturist and their practice across mediums focuses on the unravelling and reconstruction of our worlds centring the global majority and the echoes of Black peoples through time. they're a part of black fly, a sexual health zine and art collective and host an open mic poetry night in east london called pagesixtyfive and are currently working on the release of their first poetry collection.

Jordan Blanchard is an esoteric fish woman hailing from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her work has been published with Autograph Gallery, BRUISER Mag, Crashtest, the Kenyon College Anthology, Wired the Zine, and more. Her self-published collection, river muck, baby is out now.

Cast:
Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani