Director: Lloyd Reckord

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Birthday: 1929-05-26
Born in: Kingston, Jamaica
Biography: Lloyd Malcolm Reckord was a Jamaican actor, director, producer, playwright and film-maker. Reckord studied acting in Jamaica, Grest Britain and the United States. He found early success in the UK after studying at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol becoming a well-known figure in both the theatre and television. Having returned home to Jamaica he founded the Actor's Theatre Company before branching out into film first with Ten Bob in Winter and then Dream A40. The National Theatre Trust followed in what was to become a hugely prolific period interspersed with numerous other projects. His goal was always to produce quality theatre. Reckord was honoured in July 2013 by London's National Theatre when it hosted Walk in the Light, a week of events celebrating the rich contribution of black artists to British theatre over the past 50 years. Lloyd Reckord died on 8th July 2015 in Newtown, Trinidad.

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Dream A40

Two years before the Sexual Offences Act decriminalised homosexuality, a young gay couple's relationship is put to the test as they make a journey during which they must refrain from public demonstrations of affection. Daring and poetic, An experimental drama which explores a gay man's fears about his sexuality and physical attraction to another man. Dream A40 was the second film by Jamaican actor-director Lloyd Reckord.
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Encounters

Collection of four ground-breaking shorts in which gay men interact in a variety of circumstances: In 'Dream A40' (1965) a couple try to stop themselves from showing public displays of affection. In 'Vapors' (1965) two strangers meet in a New York bathhouse. In 'Come Dancing' (1970) an encounter between two men in a café takes a dark turn. Finally, in 'Encounter' (1971), a silent film with a score by Stephen Thrower, a group of men gather in the streets of New York to carry out a secret ritual.
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Encounters

2012

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Ten Bob in Winter

An unemployed black student borrows ten shillings from a friend, then lends the money to a musician he has just met.
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Ten Bob in Winter

1963

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