Benedict Seymour

Movies

Dead the Ends
Director
Benedict Seymour’s experimental feature is an urgent, engaging journey into the London riots and our current political situation via imagery from dystopian science fiction.
The Last Days of Jack Sheppard
Music
Set in the wake of Britain’s first financial crisis, the South Sea Bubble of 1720, and based on the inferred prison encounters between the thief Jack Sheppard and the writer Daniel Defoe, this critical costume drama traces connections between fiction, speculation and aesthetics.
The London Particular
Director
Essay film exploring the rebirth and undeath of the East End of London. Benedict Seymour and David Panos made the film as part of a collaborative project researching urban regeneration.
The Occupation
Director
Short documentary on gentrification in the east end of London, by The London Particular (Benedict Seymour & David Panos).
One Nation Under a Grave
Director
One Nation Under A Grave explores the magick of 'Brexit' as a far-right coup. The film considers the referendum question 'Leave or Remain?' as a device converting economic crisis into fascist opportunity, nudging us from class war toward race war. In the process the film imagines a different kind of 'us versus them', a different exodus from a failing state.