Experimenta Salon: Don’t You Want Me: A discussion on the music video for 'Don't You Want Me' by The Human League

With its intimate, self-reflexive conceit, the iconic video for The Human League smash-hit ‘Don’t You Want Me’ emerged as a vanguard example of a new type of filmmaking in 1981. Drawing on a post-punk energy that had yet to be subsumed, it and a handful of other music videos channelled dynamic creative modes while still serving their intended promotional function. Might this video be considered ‘experimental’? Join us for a lively panel discussion featuring ‘Don’t You Want Me’ director-and-producer siblings Steve and Siobhan Barron, Professor Emily Caston, University of West London, and artist filmmaker and educator Matthew Noel-Tod, chaired by BFI programmer William Fowler.