What Would Derek Do?: A Conversation with Theo Rollason on Queer Edward II

In the early 1990s, Derek Jarman’s career was at a crucial inflection point. The BBC was starting to fund feature films, and Derek’s angry, queer adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II would be their first project. Now, with nearly 20 years of experimental Super 8 films and a few features under his belt, this new film would place him and his radical, demonstrative, and righteous politics under a more critical gaze.  Theo Rollason’s new documentary, Queer Edward II, which world premiered...