Assumption

Assumption is a virtuosic personal tribute a glimpse at history and a celebration of independent film culture Gidals short film was assembled round a recording of the voice of Mary Pat Leece who worked at the London Filmmakers Coop in the mid1970s and later became a much loved lecturer at St Martins School of Art She died suddenly in 1997 The films rapidfire montage of images and sounds encapsulates her politics her Catholicism and her intellectual passion