Derek Jarman, Know What I Mean

This documentary blends Derek Jarman's own films, paintings and poetry with original material to give a startling poetic image of a controversial artist's life and work.

From the home counties of the 1950's to the Slade, from the Royal Opera House to Ken Russell, from feature films to the Florence Opera House, the film portrays Jarman's humor and humanity which trancends the vitriol and controversy that's around him, making his dilemma in Margaret Thatcher's Britain of the 1980's both poignant and desperate.