A first dispatch about my next nuclear documentary film - on Britain's hidden nuclear colonialism on Native American land #nukesky #filmsky vickilesley.substack.com/p/the-nuclea...

A few thoughts on the way home from @cantkillthespirit.bsky.social - a wonderful play I saw today about a Greenham woman whose activist spirit is reawakened in the climate movement 40 years on. One more performance tomorrow if you’re anywhere near Brighton #brightonfringe #greenhamcommon #protest

Seen Barfi! ? Why not watch one of these goodies next… #filmsky vickilesley.substack.com/p/following-...

Join From Greenham to Nevada for their next online event looking at the relationship between Britain's nuclear history, colonialism, and big tech. 📆 Wednesday, 13 May ⏲️ 7:00-8:30pm (UK) Register: cnduk.org/events/from-...

Last call for tonight’s essential webinar to hear about the past & present legacy of British nuclear colonialism on Western Shoshone tribal land #nukesky from-bombs-to-data-centres.eventbrite.co.uk

Sobering stuff about the secretive & unaccountable surveillance activities happening in Yorkshire… www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTsi...

So I forgot to tell anyone I was in the Washington Post! Guess I was just too busy listening to podcasts ha ha! Seriously though, this raised a lot of questions I'd not really considered before. Anyone else spend hours a day listening to other people's voices? www.washingtonpost.com/home/2026/04...

Have you seen this month’s Film Thread autism season pick, Barfi!…? I’d love to hear your thoughts if you have. Did you cry as much as me when Shruti let the deaf Barfi know the love of his life was calling out for him?? And how much did it make you wanna take a train trip in Darjeeling! ❤️ #filmsky

Another great webinar with an atomic flavour happening next week, with an impressive lineup of authors who've grappled with the human & political legacy of the world's worst nuclear disaster. I've just snapped up my own ticket, maybe see you there? #nukesky uncoverliverpool.com/events/wowfe...

#nukesky For folks following the Savannah River Site/ plutonium pit production/ the $25 billion+ nuclear boondoggle in rural South Carolina, I highly suggest Jillian Magtoto's reporting. Great new article about what that $25 billion building looks like inside www.savannahnow.com/story/news/e...

Hugely enjoyed watching & learning the story behind this uplifting Bollywood rom-com that genuinely centres its autistic & disabled leads AND channels the spirit of Buster Keaton & Charlie Chaplin ❤️ A lovely Sunday watch if you’re in a movie kinda mood #filmsky open.substack.com/pub/vickiles...

💬 "I looked up some pictures of Greenham a few weeks ago. It’s very peaceful now, the silos sleeping under grass and the fence replaced by trees, and I thought, we did that." Yes Liz, you did. Read Liz gray's incredible story of her time at Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp here ➡️ buff.ly/3mXVXDK

Honoured to be taking part in this webinar, a rare opportunity for UK campaigners to hear direct from the Western Shoshone about the toxic ongoing legacy of British nuclear tests in Nevada, with new updates on contamination & the connection to AI #nukesky from-bombs-to-data-centres.eventbrite.co.uk

Watching the HBO show Chernobyl today, and i cannot believe it came out 7 years ago? It felt like not too long ago. Covid19 (lockdown + Long Covid) has warped my sense of time so much

Raspad, the Chernobyl film I’ve posted about today, prominently features the Eastern bloc version of the Tour de France which rode through Kiev in the days after the disaster. It’s a strange feeling thinking of that race as I sit watching Liege-Bastogne-Liege while reading today’s news headlines…

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster I’ve re-posted my film club essay from last year about the rarely-seem Ukrainian film Raspad, shot just 3 years later as the Soviet Union was crumbling. It’s a *great* film if you don’t know it open.substack.com/pub/vickiles... #filmsky #nukesky

This is so fascinating: an article from the British girls and young woman's magazine Just Seventeen about a 1985 visit to the peace camp at Greenham Common.

Hugely enjoyed this conversation with @eanstruther.bsky.social about her brand new novel Fallout open.substack.com/pub/vickiles... #nukesky

What a discovery! So fascinating. Where is the modern equivalent of this I wonder..?

Brilliant discussion with film writer & antiques dealer Luke Honey on the once-seen-never-forgotten movie experience that is The Draughtsman's Contract. Is the whole thing just one big extravagant tease by #petergreenaway...? #filmsky #moviesky

Do you hanker for some arch 17th century wit (and wigs) to accompany your lunchtime sandwich? 😄Then come join me & film buff/antiques expert Luke Honey live on Substack on Monday when we'll be discussing Peter Greenaway's flamboyant 1982 masterpiece The Draughtsman's Contract #filmsky #moviesky

And for our first movie pick of the new season (drumrolls, please) it’s… Mary and Max! The darkly comic, emotionally heartwrenching Aussie claymation tour de force that many people say is their favourite depiction of #autism in film. Have you seen it..? #filmsky #moviesky #thefilmthread

A sneak peak of what’s coming in season 2 of The Film Thread, my now entirely FREE online film club where for the next few months we'll be following the threads of #autism on film. First movie pick drops tomorrow & it’s a corker. Subscribe at vickilesley.substack.com for all the updates! 😃 #filmsky

Daniel Roher & Charlie Tyrell's 'The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist' was the top-grossing documentary over the weekend, with $650,000. Read our review to see why we called it "the issue documentary that drops the mic on all the world’s problems." www.nonfics.com/p/ai-doc-or-...

It's come around super quick but in just a couple of days I'll be kicking off the second season of my lovingly curated, algorithm-free film club and to mark the occasion I looked back over the 6 films (plus a few of the shorts) I programmed in our first season on #atomic movies #filmsky #nukesky

Life circumstances have meant it’s been some years since I was last out on the streets marching for a better world & I couldn’t be prouder to have been doing so as a long standing member of GJN. So inspiring & hopeful to see thousands coming together to fight division in all its forms ❤️

Also releasing today, @criterion.bsky.social offers a 4K HD restoration of Lynne Littman’s 1983 drama TESTAMENT. EoM Contributor @blakcinephile.bsky.social offers his thoughts on the film, the restoration, and supplemental materials. #CriterionCollection

Great companion essay to accompany the new Criterion release of the 1983 nuclear war film Testament. I hope more people will take the time to see this quietly haunting, heartbreaking movie - an essential watch now more than ever #nukesky #filmsky www.criterion.com/current/post...

It’s never easy to roll back on commitments in public, but sometimes it just has to be done! Bit of a vulnerable monthly update from me this one, but it does feel like a weight off now I’ve said it out loud… vickilesley.substack.com/p/monthly-me...

I watched this this morning in readiness. What an extraordinary film! I'm gonna have to join with camera & mic off on Zoom as it's right in the middle of the kids' dinner time, but I can't wait to listen to the discussion...

Short films about #autism #30 To conclude our tour of short-form autistic representation, here's a delicious comedy short taking us inside the head of a young autistic guy as he tries to make small talk with friends of his parents.Thanks for watching along! #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUIJ...

Short films about #autism #29 One of the most memorable shorts I've watched over this past month, Love, Leymo (2023) draws together issues of autism, race, poverty & the coronavirus pandemic to create a moving, hopeful portrait of love, loss & coming of age #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys4D...

Short films about #autism #28 This award-winning student animation powerfully brings to life not only the extreme physical experience of autistic meltdown, but also the positive effect others can have by being present, kind & non-judgemental when it happens #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zej9...

Short films about #autism #27 This 6 min doc from a Cumbrian filmmaker diagnosed autistic herself during making it, features a collage of autistic reflections over pictorial imagery of nature, animals & other objects subtly or directly reflecting the words spoken #filmsky vimeo.com/585812370?fl...

Short films about #autism #26 Precursor to an award-winning feature film, this groundbreaking 2013 short is a sweet, quirky romcom about a young New York couple who meet at an autism support group, starring non-professional autistic actors in the lead roles #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDq4...

Short films about #autism #25 Perfectly Normal (2017)offers a glimpse into the daily life of a middle-aged autistic man, Jordan & his girlfriend Toni, who has Tourettes, with sensitive cinematography capturing ordinary moments of challenge, comfort & release #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDXo...

Short films about #autism #24 This arresting drama by a young autistic Māori filmmaker contains some shocking scenes of educational & medical contempt but also compelling animation, camerawork & sound to vividly convey an autistic boy’s experience of the world #filmsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=Amk1...

Short films about #autism #23 As the child of a dog-show addict, I loved this 2014 doc following an autistic boy who's obsessed with dogs to a major dog show in the US. Despite some dated aspects, it's joyous to see special interests so supported & encouraged to blossom #filmsky vimeo.com/155012366

Short films about #autism #22 Part of Channel 4's Arts Council-supported Random Acts scheme, this 3 min short was made by director/protagonist Sharif Persaud, who received a Turner Prize nomination in 2021 with his Hastings-based neurodiverse art collective #filmsky player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...

Short films about #autism #21 This award-winning short by a team of Paris animation students uses an 8-year-old autistic boy's favourite blue shoes as the jumping off point for a sweet, subjective self-portrait as he introduces himself to his new classmates #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej2c...

Short films about #autism #20 Going back 35 years with this BBC film about autistic architectural artist Stephen Wiltshire. He first came to public view in an earlier 1987 film but here he's already had global success with his drawings, yet is still being othered. A fascinating time capsule #filmsky

The critically acclaimed documentary film about the operation of the 30s Royal Mail train delivery service. 🚉 BFI: NIGHT MAIL (1936) 3:05pm #TPTVsubtitles Narrated by #PatJackson directed by #HarryWatt #BasilWright

It’s official - season 2 is coming & it’s all about #autism on film 😃 It’s been fascinating & enriching diving into the complex world of cinema’s portrayal of autism across the decades & continents. More on all that to come, but today’s post explains why for me this journey begins at home… #filmsky

Short films about #autism #19 East London filmmaker Rick Stanton's grittily authentic short stars his autistic brother, Steve, in the lead role, alongside a cast of other untrained, neurodivergent actors, plus Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku, to eye opening effect #filmsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=C161...

Short films about #autism #18 "Dear autism. I didn't think I was your type. They say you usually go for someone male, usually pale." So begins this smart colourful doc celebrating+highlighting the intersectional challenges of Black British autistic life #filmsky www.discoveryplus.com/gb/en/shows/...

Definitely sounds like one to catch if you can. And at a time when regulation is being demonised for holding back nuclear new build, if not actively dismantled as in the US too..

Short films about #autism #17 As both documentary-maker and parent of an autistic child, this short hits a real sweet spot for me - a playful yet serious examination of the limitations/ responsibilities of representation through a visually-shifting reflexive conversation #filmsky vimeo.com/753669702

This article makes me so sad #filmsky #moviesky

Short films about #autism #16 Staying on the Subcontinent, 'Bhai' is a vividly realised 7-min drama inspired by the real life experience of actor/co-writer Mohammad Ali Hashmi, whose sister is autistic, with inclusive casting & arresting visuals/sound #filmsky www.shortoftheweek.com/2021/12/22/b...