Uncle David is a 2010 British black comedy film directed by David Hoyle, Gary Reich, and Mike Nichols. It was produced by Reich and stars Hoyle, an English performance artist, in the titular role alongside Ashley Ryder, best known as a pornographic actor. Developed collectively under the banner of the Avant-Garde Alliance, it was filmed in October 2009. Created without a script, every scene was improvised and filmed in a single take. The film is set in a caravan park on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, South East England, and follows a young man with a childlike mind named Ashley (Ryder), who asks to stay with his delusional Uncle David (Hoyle). Escaping from his abusive mother, Ashley enters into a sexual relationship with his uncle, who offers his insights into the world and the nature of reality. Eventually Ashley tells David that he wants to die, and David agrees to carry out the killing. The film premiered on 25 March 2010 at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival held in the BFI Southbank in central London. It won the Grand Prize at the Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Awards 2010, but reviews were mixed. It was released on DVD by Peccadillo Pictures in 2011.

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1410:

The Yongle Emperor launched the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Emperor%27s_campaigns_against_the_Mongols

1807:

The Slave Trade Act became law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_1807

1917:

Following the overthrow of the Russian tsar Nicholas II, Georgia's bishops unilaterally restored the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church

1949:

The Soviet Union began mass deportations of more than 90,000 people from the Baltic states to Siberia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Priboi

2006:

A gunman in Seattle, Washington, US, entered a rave afterparty and opened fire, killing six and wounding two, before committing suicide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_massacre

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