With his “performance documentary” STAND BY FOR TAPE BACK-UP, British poet, filmmaker, and performance artist Ross Sutherland takes fragments of old films and TV shows and rebuilds them into an audiovisual meditation on memory, death and reruns. “I found a videotape in my loft. On it: one and a half films, one quiz show and two sit-coms. Somehow, it became the story of my life,” he says.

After a hard-drive crash and a near death experience, he found himself house-bound with only one thing for company; an old videotape that once belonged to his granddad.

Over the months that followed, Ross memorized every second of the tape, and slowly, he learnt how to manipulate the images into telling the story of his life. The videotape allowed Ross to open a dialogue with his late grandfather, and eventually helped him confront the illness that had nearly ended his life.

Following a screening of the film at this years’s DOXA Film Festival, Sutherland will be on-hand to present the film live at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, May 12.

STAND BY FOR TAPE BACK-UP is the true story of one man’s journey into synchronicity… And madness.

STAND BY FOR TAPE BACK-UP
Doors 9:00 pm | Show 9:30 pm
Tickets $10 advance/ $12 at the door

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Online tickets available by clicking HERE or at the Box Office
*Must be 19+ w/ID for entry and bar service.
**Sorry, Groupons and passes not accepted for this event.

Fantastic Fest (Audience Award, 3rd place)
Boston Underground Film Festival (Winner, Best Film)
Grand Jury Prize BAFICI.

“Simply note down the booking number, because this is a must see show… extraordinary.” (The Observer)

“Extraordinary”★★★★★ (Fest Magazine)

“Touching, funny, linguistically thrilling”★★★★★ (Exeunt Magazine)

“Beautifully crafted, strikingly original”★★★★ (The Telegraph)

“Dizzyingly clever”★★★★ (The Independent)

“Beautifully poetic”★★★★ (Time Out)