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Jeremy Deller & The Posters Came From The Walls

Film & Music Arena

Friday 17th July, 2009
15:50 - 16:35

The film, The Posters Came From The Walls, documents stories of faith and devotion, a fascinating and inspired study of Depeche Mode fans from around the world. In Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union, the band’s music has been treasured since it was only available on illegal bootlegged cassettes in the 1980s, fans in Tehran take huge risks in listening to their music in a country that has banned all Western music since the Cultural Revolution and closer to home, in Cambridge, the church of St Edward King and Martyr holds services where they play Depeche Mode records. 

Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller and collaborator Nicholas Abrahams tell these and other stories of faith and devotion from around the world in this fascinating and inspired documentary about fandom, which is at turns bizarre, funny, sad and often touching.


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