We are delighted to invite you to ‘A Night of Perpetual Indulgence’ at no better space The Old Nuns Head on Thursday 21st November 2024 From 7 pm. 

This event is a screening and discussion celebrating the canonisation of Derek Jarman of the order of the Celluloid Knights & the work of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are an order of queer nuns, who were extremely vocal and critical of UK government’s lack of mobilisation and research towards HIV/AIDS in the late 80’s and early 90’s. 

We will be screening two films

• ‘21st Century Nuns’ dir. Tom Stephan (1994)

21st Century Nuns This BFI Archive Film features “an interview with Derek Jarman at the Soho Valentine’s Day parade, one of his last screen appearances before his death in February 1994. Jarman was canonised by the Sisters and proclaimed Saint Derek of Dungeness of the Order of Celluloid Knights”.

• ‘Saintmaking’ dir. Marco Alessi (2021) [closed captions]

Saintmaking “tells the tale of a group of queer “nuns” in 90s London who decided to canonise Derek Jarman – film-maker, artist, gardener and more – as an act of political protest.” 

Every Mouth Needs Filling is a curatorial partnership between Caitlin Fleming and Elisha Fall that explores the intersections between Queerness, ecology, notions of hosting and the community organising landscape in South East London. 

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