London Socialist Film Co-op

11 October 2009

11am screening at the Renoir Cinema, London map

Folk America - This Land is Your Land
Jill Nicholls, UK 2008, 60mins

Only a Bookseller
Chris Reeves, UK 2009, 60mins

The first event of our new season is dedicated to the memory of British Socialist and Labour activist Jack Firestein (1917 – 2004).

Tickets must be obtained as usual but they will be issued free. We appreciate donations to cover expenses and to contribute to the cost of completing the making of Only a Bookseller. We are grateful to Jill Nicholls and the BBC to screen This Land is Your Land.

Folk America – This Land is Your Land
Jill Nichols, UK 2008, 60mins
In the depression of the 1930s, convicted murderer Leadbelly set a new agenda for folk music, redefining it as the voice of protest, the voice of the outsider and the oppressed. Dustbowl drifter Woody Guthrie fitted the mould perfectly and the two of them teamed up with friends who believed they could make a better world if they all got together and just sang about it.

Only a Bookseller
Chris Reeves, UK 2009, 60mins
Jack Firestein ran a book stall, rain or shine, every Saturday morning outside the old Labour Party rooms in Bayham Street, NW1. He was a feisty campaigner for all the good causes. He fought at Anzio, was one of Lady Astor’s ‘D-Day Dodgers’, was wounded and imprisoned by the Germans. He was one of the first members of the Unity Theatre Society from the 1930s and an active founder member and convenor in 1990 of the London Socialist Film Co-op. But Jack was best known for his lifetime contribution to the labour movement – first in the Communist Party, then the Camden Labour Party and in his union.

The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Jill Nicholls and Chris Reeves.

If you would like to view our full 2009/2010 programme please click here

14 June 2009

14 June 2009 THOSE WHO DANCE

Mayyasa al-Malazi and Camilla Cancantata UK 2006, 49 mins

Those Who Dance tells the story of members of a small community in Rossport, Co. Mayo, Ireland, who have resisted Shell’s attempts to construct a high pressure gas pipeline and refinery across their land, which would have potentially devastating environmental and social consequences. The film compares their situation to that of the Ogoni people of the Niger Delta, where Ken Saro-Wiwa and nine others were murdered in 1996 because of their non-violent opposition to Shell’s oil extraction operations and gas flaring. The film offers a powerful critique of corporate practice and philosophy, and challenges viewers to consider the impacts of the oil industry throughout the world, now that the reality of climate change is widely accepted.

THE POWER OF COMMUNITY:HOW CUBA SURVIVED PEAK OIL

Faith Morgan, US 2006, 53 mins, EST, [tbc]

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanised, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens.
Discussion led by Mayyasa al-Malazi, Camilla Cancantata and Cuba Solidarity Campaign

We are also including a 7-minute film at the start, made by Anna Bowman. It is SELF BUILD: FROM NORTH LONDON TO THE FIELDS OF CHESHAM, made last year and incorporating footage shot by ex-servicemen and their families as they built their new homes and moved from Willesden to Chesham in the 1950s.

Booking information:All three films have been classified by Camden's licensing department as educational and informative, [E] for exempt. This means there is no age barrier for our audience; all are welcome.

Discussion led by Mayyasa al-Malazi, Camilla Cancantata and Cuba Solidarity Campaign
With Derek Wall Green Party & Green Left

Adding the LSFC Google calendar to your own calendar

Here's the LSFC Google calendar. The calendar has also been added to our website,
You can see upcoming LSFC events -including the AGM and scheduled dates for the next season- are in bright red.

Once added to your own calendar it comes into it's own so you can easily spot if it clashes with your personal schedule.

If for some reason the website is out of order the calendar still works as normal.

To give you an idea how useful this is here's an image of my personal calendar. Tasks, birthdays and work schedule have been temporarily removed to make it easier to identify the events calendars (LSFC, Holidays, Housmans Bookshop, JFJFP and Pluto Books).

Adding a new calendar
If you already have a Google calendar here's the simplest way. Get the email address used to log into the calendar. In this case it is:-

Look at the left had side image below for Other calendars. Notice the box below it. In feint writing it says Add a friend's calendar:-

Enter the above email address into the box then press the Enter button on your keyboard. All of the items added on the LSFC calendar should be automatically apear.

The method is slightly different if you have Outlook or an Apple calendar. Details here, but it's usually easier to ask your kids to do it as they probably know how to do so blindfolded.

Adding a calendar -Alternative Method

Some websites post their public calendars on their websites so you can add the entire calendar to your computer, tablet or smartphone with just a couple of clicks.You can see on the previous image that I previously added the MySociety.org events calendar (in dark blue). Here's how.

When you find a website that has a Google calendar (like MySociety.org). Look at the small button on the bottom right of the calendar, circled in red:-

Once clicked the following pop-up will appear. Click the left button which says Yes, add this calendar circled in red:-

Once clicked the calendar will add MySociety's events. If you're using Outlook or Apple calendars this may take a while to appear,

I have circled the new events on my calendar to show it worked.

The calendar is highly functional -if a bit unsightly. Most organisations end up putting it on a separate page to maintain the overall look of the website.

Advice, tips and tricks