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MARK STEWART - LEARNING TO COPE WITH COWARDICE

Post-punk icon, Mark Stewart and legendary dub producer, Adrian Sherwood shed light on the hugely experimental studio collaboration which led to the seminal 1983 album, “Learning to Cope with Cowardice.” Citing influences from early hip hop to Miles Davis, heavy dub reggae, funk and punk to William Burroughs, this album embraced many often incongruous elements and in so doing created something restless, abrasive and industrial. The album has gone on to influence many great artists including Massive Attack, Banksy, Nine Inch Nails and Public Enemy.

  • CHARLIE MARBLES
    Director
  • CHARLIE MARBLES
    Producer
  • MARK STEWART
    Key Cast
    LEGENDARY POST PUNK ICON
  • ADRIAN SHERWOOD
    Key Cast
    LEGENDARY DUB REGGAE PRODUCER
  • OLLIE TEEBA
    Key Cast
    THE HERBALISER
  • CHARLIE MARBLES
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 31, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    200 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    VHS
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - CHARLIE MARBLES

I have wanted to make films ever since I saw Alex Cox's "Moviedrome" series on BBC2 and particularly Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg's "Performance." From that point onwards I had a notebook with me every time I watched a film and started to write and plan my own stuff feverishly. I have been a film editor for the past eleven years and have worked on many high-end commercials and music videos with world-class directors. I consciously decided to focus on editing first to gain incite into storytelling, I wanted to understand the destination of the film-making journey and work back from that, seeing how the elements inter-related. Additionally, since 1984 I have been immersed in hip hop culture as a bboy (breakdancer). It was this that initially opened my eyes to rhythm, shape and style plus the importance of taking an audience on a journey with a beginning, middle and end. Now, as director, my sights are firmly set on creating solid stories through interesting use of structure, a social conscience and a pop-culture sensibility and resonance.

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