Community Cinema: Since Yesterday

About Community Cinema: Since Yesterday

**THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT AND WE DO NOT HAVE SPACE TO RELEASE MORE TICKETS. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY TICKETS ON THE DOOR. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND WITHOUT A TICKET. **
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Location: Duncan Place Community Hub 
4 Duncan Place, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 8HW

The McKinleys, The Ettes, Strawberry Switchblade, Sophisticated Boom Boom, Twinsets, His Latest Flame, Sunset Gun, Lungleg, Pink Kross, Sally Skull, Hello Skinny and The Hedrons.

Ignored by the industry and deprived of the global success afforded to the male-dominated bands of the day, Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands is a celebration of the women and the music of yesteryear, and a rallying cry to the female talent of tomorrow.

Blending personal anecdotes with a scrapbook-style audio-visual aesthetic, Since Yesterday takes us on a decade-by-decade adventure, crafting the ultimate visual mixtape. Discover unheard demos, lost archives, and rare performances that celebrate the Game Changers, Trailblazers, Popstars, Post Punks and Pioneers who never compromised, and subsequently got lost in time.

The film takes a critical look at the barriers women have faced making music in the past, and still face today. It asks how we can inspire young women to make music, if those who do so are continuously erased from our cultural history. Written & narrated by award-nominated musician Carla J. Easton, this is a powerful global story told through a local lens.

This screening is for ages 16+.  

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands (2024)
Running time: 94 mins.
Directed by: Carla J Easton, Blair Young
Featuring: Strawberry Switchblade, The McKinleys, The Ettes, Sophisticated Boom Boom, Twinsets, Sunset Gun, His Latest Flame, Lungleg, Pink Kross, Sally Skull, Hello Skinny and The Hedrons.

View the trailer for Since Yesterday on here. 

Post-film Panel Discussion and Musical Performances

Once we’ve watched the film together, there will be a panel discussion with special guests Girls Rock School Edinburgh (GRSE) about gender equality in music, and how it’s being addressed in Edinburgh. The panel will be moderated by singer/songwriter, music educator, and GRSE committee member Lou McLean. Additionally, there will be acoustic musical performances by a couple of the panel members.

Discussion panel:

• Lou Mclean (moderating): singer/songwriter and music educator. Lou is the newest committee member of GRSE
• Ashley Stein: Ashley Stein is singer, songwriter, and producer who started her musical journey after graduating from GRSE. She founded Alt-Milk records in 2023
• Fiona Watt: co- founder , vocal tutor and committee member of GRSE.
• Elsie MacDonald: folk-punk singer-songwriter and GRSE volunteer

Since Yesterday BBFC Content Advice
Violence:
A music video depicts a woman light-heartedly pretending to shoot a man in the head with a gun.
Language:
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bloody', 'shit', 'piss' and 'up yours'.
Sex:
There are mild verbal sex references, mostly heard within song lyrics and in song titles.
Discrimination:
Female musicians discuss the pervasive historical sexism they experienced whilst they worked in the music industry. A singer describes how her struggle with agoraphobia was dismissed by record company executives, exacerbating her condition. These discriminatory attitudes are clearly critiqued and challenged. In footage of a dated television interview, a woman is told she looks like a 'gypsy'.
Sexual violence and sexual threat:
Female band members reference how women did not feel safe and were sexually harassed and assaulted at gigs in the 1970s and 1980s. A song is entitled 'Rape Victim'.
Flashing/flickering lights:
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

More information on BBFC content advice for Since Yesterday here.

Refreshments
We will provide hot drinks, squash, and pop corn.
Small cash donations towards these are welcome but not required.
You are also welcome to bring your own refreshments, however no alcohol is permitted. Please also refrain from bringing any hot or strong smelling food items. Thank you.

Film Selection and Support
We'd like to say a huge thank you to the Local Cinema Project for supporting our community cinema events, and also to the community members in our film programming group who have helped to select the films we'll be showing. We'd also like to say thank you to Paul at EIFF for gifting our film group tickets to see the film at EIFF 2024, which prompted us to feature it in our community cinema programme.

Duncan Place Access Information

• SDH subtitles will be onscreen during the screening.
• There is ramped access into the building. The event will be held on the ground floor of Duncan Place Community Hub and is wheelchair accessible.
• There are two individual toilets on the ground floor with one being wheelchair accessible.
• We have a mix of padded seats and hard plastic seats. Seats with arm rests are also available if needed. We have a limited supply of chair cushions available on request.
• There is foyer space and outdoor space for those that might need to break away to a quieter area during the film.

If there is anything we can do to help you attend, please get in touch by emailing events@duncanplace.org or phoning 0131 364 4350.

Getting Here

We can be found on Google Maps here > https://goo.gl/maps/qNZeEKWL1uhdQRBd7

Duncan Place is a few minutes’ walk from Leith Walk, Duke Street, Great Junction Street and Easter Road. This area is very well served with buses, including 1, 7, 14, 16, 21, 25, 34, 35 & 49.

www.lothianbuses.com has a journey planner.

The closest tram stop is Foot Of The Walk.

Bike racks are available in our outdoor space. Please bring a secure lock. We do not have any to loan out & bikes and scooters are not allowed in the building. Bikes and scooters are left at your own risk and Duncan Place will not accept any responsibility for any damage or theft. CCTV does cover the bike racks.

Duncan Place has 1 disabled parking space and 1 further space alongside the exterior fencing, both available on a first come basis.

Parking bays have been painted on the road outside the building and on-street (card only) pay and display meters have been installed by City of Edinburgh Council, at a rate of £3.80 per hour, Monday to Friday 8:30am until 5:30pm.

There are also yellow zig zags on the street. Again, please check signage but at the time of writing it is free to park on the zigs zags after 4pm Mon to Fri and all day on the weekends.

There is free parking at the nearby Tesco. At the time of writing parking is available for up to 3 hours.