On Thursday 27 September, Permanent Plastic Helmet held our second screening event at London’s lovely Clapham Picturehouse. Following July’s packed screening of Spike Lee’s classic Do The Right Thing, we kept the vibe nice and retro with a rare showing of Michael Rapaport’s superb hip-hop doc Beats Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (courtesy of top UK indie distributor Soda Pictures).
Here’s a photographic record of how the sold-out event went down. (All photography ©Yves Salmon)
The Clapham Picturehouse, Venn St., London
Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed and Phife Dawg next to some thug in a penguin suit
Top billing
Looking after our guests with free pizza and snacks
Ticketholders begin to gather in the bar. The classic 90s hip-hop playlist gets underway
Board illustrated by Clapham Picturehouse’s Ben Collison with Jo Calderwood
The expectant crowds assemble
Ashley Clark (aka PPH, aka the person writing all of this) checks that his mic is on. It isn’t.
The crowd (almost all of whom are awake) listen intently…
The flattering low-angle shot can only mean one thing… it’s raffle time! We had CD’s, DVDs, champagne, and a Picturehouse membership up for grabs.
The sold-out crowd continues to enjoy themselves.
The film plays…
…and everyone goes home happy, though not before heading back to the…
Drinks and more drinks
Thanks to everybody who came to what was a fantastic event with a great buzz about it. We’re busy planning our next event and you’ll be the first to know when it’s confirmed.
Permanent Plastic Helmet 
Loved this! Such a great documentary. I’ve copied a link to this page on one of my blogs, hope that’s cool?