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"3 days of politically radical, boundary-pushing cinema celebrating activism and resistance like only Bristol knows how. The eclectic programme includes shorts, docs and historical dramas on the Poll Tax riots, gentrification in Marseille, Filipino trade unionism, the Great Famine, the Attica prison rebellion +much more. "
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A event held at John Wesley’s New Room on Sunday 23rd October. The event starts at 13:00.
Sunday films:
Betrayal at Attica
PLEASE NOTE: the film includes scenes some viewers may find distressing.
BRFF’s contribution to Black History Month is a screening of Betrayal at Attica which investigates the five day prison occupation that took place outside New York in 1971. Ending with the massacre of 29 prisoners and 10 hostages, no one in authority has ever been charged with responsibility for the actions of police and prison guards that day. The film revisits the events and reveals the hidden evidence that points the finger where it belongs through radical lawyer Elizabeth Fink who tells the story of the Attica prison rebellion, and how she exposed the cover up that went on for decades.
Battle of Trafalgar + Short
Flashback to the culmination of the Anti-Poll Tax protest in March 1990 when millions refused to pay their bills and 250,000 people marched to Trafalgar Square. As the rally drew to a close, mounted police charged the crowd resulting in a “riot” as tens of thousands of demonstrators stood their ground and resisted. One month later Thatcher was gone. Originally made for Channel 4, Battle of Trafalgar raises questions about public order, policing, the independence and accountability of the media, and the right to demonstrate. Eyewitnesses tell their stories against a backdrop of video footage showing the day’s events as they unfolded.
Football Rebels
Eric Cantona presents Football Rebels, the stories of five football heroes whose social conscience led them to challenge unjust regimes, join opposition movements and lead the fight for democracy and human rights. Focusing onplayers such as Mekloufi, Sócrates, Pasic, Caszely and Didier Drogba, this is a look at a side of football that does not always make the headlines.
Entry requirements:
Betrayal at Attica
PLEASE NOTE: the film includes scenes some viewers may find distressing.
BRFF’s contribution to Black History Month is a screening of Betrayal at Attica which investigates the five day prison occupation that took place outside New York in 1971. Ending with the massacre of 29 prisoners and 10 hostages, no one in authority has ever been charged with responsibility for the actions of police and prison guards that day. The film revisits the events and reveals the hidden evidence that points the finger where it belongs through radical lawyer Elizabeth Fink who tells the story of the Attica prison rebellion, and how she exposed the cover up that went on for decades.
Battle of Trafalgar + Short
Flashback to the culmination of the Anti-Poll Tax protest in March 1990 when millions refused to pay their bills and 250,000 people marched to Trafalgar Square. As the rally drew to a close, mounted police charged the crowd resulting in a “riot” as tens of thousands of demonstrators stood their ground and resisted. One month later Thatcher was gone. Originally made for Channel 4, Battle of Trafalgar raises questions about public order, policing, the independence and accountability of the media, and the right to demonstrate. Eyewitnesses tell their stories against a backdrop of video footage showing the day’s events as they unfolded.
Football Rebels
Eric Cantona presents Football Rebels, the stories of five football heroes whose social conscience led them to challenge unjust regimes, join opposition movements and lead the fight for democracy and human rights. Focusing onplayers such as Mekloufi, Sócrates, Pasic, Caszely and Didier Drogba, this is a look at a side of football that does not always make the headlines.
Entry requirements:
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