Fri 01 October 2021
Tri Postal — Screening room — 17:00
Join Szymon Adamczak as he unveils for the first time the findings of his artistic investigation into Bob’s life and death in Warsaw – a truly rich account of the lifelong legacy of a key witness of Eastern Europe’s queer history of resistance.
Szymon Adamczak
Goodbye to discretion. Bob Mellors in Warsaw (1991-1996) — Poland / Netherlands — 60'
In 1990, Bob Mellors, co-founder of the legendary Gay Liberation Front in the UK, moved to Warsaw. Discovering a changing Poland that had just ditched communism, Mellors documented in writing the hidden lives of Polish homosexuals. In 1996 he was found dead in his apartment, and the mystery of his murder still awaits resolution.
Join Szymon Adamczak as he unveils for the first time the findings of his artistic investigation into Bob’s life and death in Warsaw – a truly rich account of the lifelong legacy of a key witness of Eastern Europe’s queer history of resistance.
