The Thinking Cinema

General information

The Thinking Cinema is a philosophical cinema in Lewisham, specialising in showing intelligent and thought-provoking documentaries, art films, and fiction films from around the world. The cinema aims to help us understand how we exist in relation to one another. It will also serve as a space for thinking to take place, for conversations and talks, seminars and lectures.

It is a cinema that will listen to the voices and opinions of this community. It will invite the new arrivals to this area, as well as those who have lived here all their lives, to suggest films that reflect their histories and culture. The cinema also plans to show kids films, family films, and films for young people.

To become a free member simply email join@thethinkingcinema.org.

Housed in the Good Hope café (run by the charity For Jimmy) at PLACE/Ladywell on Lewisham High Street, the new non-profit volunteer-run community cinema has 30 seats, a surround sound system, and a 4-metre wide screen. The cinema is supported by For Jimmy, which is dedicated to the welfare of young people in the area, set up after the death of Jimmy Mizen in 2008. The cinema is also supported by the social enterprise organization Meanwhile Space, and part-funded by Lewisham Council.

The location, PLACE/Ladywell, is designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and provides flats for 24 families registered homeless with Lewisham council and ground-floor space for community and enterprise use.

We need volunteers, so if you would like to be involved in the running of the cinema then please do email us – all levels and types of involvement most welcome.

Email: info@thethinkingcinema.org
Web: http://www.thethinkingcinema.org
Ident: https://www.facebook.com/thethinkingcinema/videos/569394079926803

LOCATION
The Thinking Cinema
Good Hope cafe, PLACE/Ladywell
261 Lewisham High Street
London SE13 6AY - (currently SE13 6NJ on Gmaps)

5 min walk from Ladywell Station – trains from Charing Cross, Waterloo East, Cannon Street, London Bridge, New Cross and Lewisham
15 min walk from Lewisham Station (DLR & Rail) or Hither Green Station (Rail)
Buses 47, 122, 136, 185, 484, P4