Film Screening Zandra with a Zed – Documentary exclusive preview

This exclusive preview features clips from the unreleased documentary paired with live commentary by the creator- Bridie O’Sullivan

Zandra With A Zed Synopsis -Radical. Relentless. Remarkable.

In a career that has spanned over 50 years, British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes has revolutionized the world of fashion and textiles design. Her uncompromising and distinctive designs have been worn by global icons – from Princess Diana to Freddie Mercury – and her visionary work continues to influence a new generation of designers.

As Zandra prepares for a landmark 50th anniversary exhibition, Zandra With A Zed looks back at the life and design  of an incomparable British fashion innovator.

Bridie O’Sullivan, in her directorial debut, makes this incredibly intimate film, first meeting Zandra when she worked as an intern in her design studio filming with her for more than six years, from high- profile fashion industry events to intimate and confessional personal moments. For the second time, Zandra lets a film-maker inside her life – at home, at work, at play.

Drawing on hours of unseen archive and home recordings, plus interviews with a prestigious cast of fashion industry luminaries who know Zandra the best.

This film strips back the layers, revealing the life, the love and the contradictions of an icon. She id the fiery and uncompromising taskmaster, who at the same time goes out of her way to nurture the next wave of young creatives – inviting them into her work and home.

Zandra is the art school obsessive who stops at nothing to make her radical designs a reality – rewriting the rules of fashion along the way. What emerges is a powerful and personal portrait of a once-in-a-generation creative. Behind the pink hair and fearsome reputation lurks a profoundly human story – of an artist throwing herself into her work to avoid the pain of loss. Of a true original who, through force of personality alone, takes her place amongst the pantheon of British design greats. There’s nobody quite like Zandra … Zandra With A Zed.