11am screening at the Renoir Cinema, London map
Outside The Law: Stories From Guantanamo
Polly Nash and Andy Worthington, UK 2009
75 mins
[15]
Based around interviews with former prisoners, lawyers and journalists, the film looks at Guantanamo mainly through the cases of three particular prisoners - Shaker Aamer (who is still held), Binyam Mohamed (who was released in February 2009) and Omar Deghayes. In following their stories the filmmakers focus on how the Bush administration turned its back on domestic and international law, how prisoners were rounded up in Afganistan and Pakistan without adequate screening (and often for bounty payments), and why some of these men may been in Afganistan or Pakistan for reasons unconnected with military or terrorism.
A Place In The City
Jenny Morgan, South Africa 2008
30 mins
In the vast shack settlement in and around Durban, members of Abahlali baseMjondolo, the grassroots shack dwellers' movement lay out their case - against forceible eviction; for decent services - with passion, eloquence and sweet reason. The film captures the horrible conditions in whcih shack dwellers live - but also Abahlali's bravery resilience. At the heart of Abahlali's campaign is the struggle for meaningful citizenship rights for South Africa's poor majority. 'Or does freedom in South Africa,' asks Abahlali volunteer organiser Louisa Motha, 'only belong to the rich?'
The screening will be followed with a discussion led by Jenny Morgan, Polly Nash and Omar Deghayes.
14 February 2010
11am screening at the Renoir Cinema, London map
Meeting Resistance
Steve Connors and Molly Bingham, USA 2007
84 mins
The veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency is raised by meeting face to face with individuals who are engaged in the struggle, documenting the sentiments experienced and actions taken by a nation's citizens when their homeland is occupied. Voices, male and female, speak candidly about their motivations, hopes and goals. Featuring fervent conversations with active insurgents, through its unprecedented access to these clandestine groups, the film focuses on the ‘other side’, clarifying why violence in Iraq continues. It provides a deeper understanding of both the toll of occupation and the human condition of resistance.
Waiting for Mordechai
Jenny Morgan, UK 2005
30 mins
Mordechai Vanunu spent 18 years in an Israeli prison for telling the world Israel secretly manufactures nuclear weapons. For all that time, peace campaigners tried to get him out. This film starts a few days before the scheduled release of Vanunu, as supporters from around the world arrive to welcome him…
The screening will be followed with a discussion led by Jeremy Corbyn MP and director Jenny Morgan.
Meeting Resistance
Steve Connors and Molly Bingham, USA 2007
84 mins
The veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency is raised by meeting face to face with individuals who are engaged in the struggle, documenting the sentiments experienced and actions taken by a nation's citizens when their homeland is occupied. Voices, male and female, speak candidly about their motivations, hopes and goals. Featuring fervent conversations with active insurgents, through its unprecedented access to these clandestine groups, the film focuses on the ‘other side’, clarifying why violence in Iraq continues. It provides a deeper understanding of both the toll of occupation and the human condition of resistance.
Waiting for Mordechai
Jenny Morgan, UK 2005
30 mins
Mordechai Vanunu spent 18 years in an Israeli prison for telling the world Israel secretly manufactures nuclear weapons. For all that time, peace campaigners tried to get him out. This film starts a few days before the scheduled release of Vanunu, as supporters from around the world arrive to welcome him…
The screening will be followed with a discussion led by Jeremy Corbyn MP and director Jenny Morgan.
10 January 2010
11am screening at the Renoir Cinema, London map
Matzpen - Anti Zionist Israelis
Eran Torbiner, Israel 2003
English Subtitles, 54 mins
Most members of the socialist organisation Matzpen were Israeliborn, coming from the core of Israeli society. Their fight against Zionism and against the occupation, as well as their contacts with Palestinian and European left-wing activists, were the cause of threats and slander, as well as political and social isolation. The film touches on the main issues of the Zionist-Palestinian struggle, through the eyes of the organisation's prominent figures, their ideas, opinions and activities.
Jerusalem...The East Side Story
Mohammed Alatar, Palestine 2008
English Subitles, 57 mins
This documentary covers nearly 100 years of history. It exposes the past 40 years of Israeli military occupation policies in Jerusalem and their devastating impact on the
city and its peoples. It features interviews with prominent Israeli and Palestinian leaders, peace activists and political analysts, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Meron Benvinisti, Dr. Nazmi Ju'beh, Dr. Mahdi AbdulHadi, Professor Menahim Klein.
The screening will be followed with a discussion led by Betty Hunter, General Secretary, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and Moshe Machover, emeritus professor at King’s College, London, and a founder in 1962 of Matzpen, the Israeli socialist organisation.
Matzpen - Anti Zionist Israelis
Eran Torbiner, Israel 2003
English Subtitles, 54 mins
Most members of the socialist organisation Matzpen were Israeliborn, coming from the core of Israeli society. Their fight against Zionism and against the occupation, as well as their contacts with Palestinian and European left-wing activists, were the cause of threats and slander, as well as political and social isolation. The film touches on the main issues of the Zionist-Palestinian struggle, through the eyes of the organisation's prominent figures, their ideas, opinions and activities.
Jerusalem...The East Side Story
Mohammed Alatar, Palestine 2008
English Subitles, 57 mins
This documentary covers nearly 100 years of history. It exposes the past 40 years of Israeli military occupation policies in Jerusalem and their devastating impact on the
city and its peoples. It features interviews with prominent Israeli and Palestinian leaders, peace activists and political analysts, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Meron Benvinisti, Dr. Nazmi Ju'beh, Dr. Mahdi AbdulHadi, Professor Menahim Klein.
The screening will be followed with a discussion led by Betty Hunter, General Secretary, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and Moshe Machover, emeritus professor at King’s College, London, and a founder in 1962 of Matzpen, the Israeli socialist organisation.
13 December 2009
11am screening at the Renoir Cinema, London map
Memories of Underdevelopment
Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Cuba 1986
English Subtitles, 104mins
Based on the novel of the same name by Edmundo Desnoes, the film is based on the diary of a middle class intellectual caught in the midst of the rapidly changing social reality of revolutionary Cuba. Sergio is a landlord and self-styed writer who decides to remain behind when his wife, family and friends, leave for Miami. But Sergio is unable to commit himself to the revolution either, and so remains a sceptical observer. His perceptions of Cuban society, both before and after the revolution, are interwoven with documentary footage of historical events, such as the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.
Shattered Space
Enrique Colina, ICAIC and Stephen Hart, UCL, Cuba 2009
English Subtitles, 16mins
These documentaries, made at the 2009 International Film and TV School in Havana, portray aspects of contemporary Havana, including the everyday life of the man who carried Fidel Castro’s rucksack in the Sierra Maestra 50 years ago, the art produced by the Taller de Gráfica, the ambition of a young girl to make it in Cuba’s competitive music industry, and the determination of young boxers at a local boxing club to make their dreams come true.
The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Stephen Hart, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University College London.
Memories of Underdevelopment
Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Cuba 1986
English Subtitles, 104mins
Based on the novel of the same name by Edmundo Desnoes, the film is based on the diary of a middle class intellectual caught in the midst of the rapidly changing social reality of revolutionary Cuba. Sergio is a landlord and self-styed writer who decides to remain behind when his wife, family and friends, leave for Miami. But Sergio is unable to commit himself to the revolution either, and so remains a sceptical observer. His perceptions of Cuban society, both before and after the revolution, are interwoven with documentary footage of historical events, such as the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.
Shattered Space
Enrique Colina, ICAIC and Stephen Hart, UCL, Cuba 2009
English Subtitles, 16mins
These documentaries, made at the 2009 International Film and TV School in Havana, portray aspects of contemporary Havana, including the everyday life of the man who carried Fidel Castro’s rucksack in the Sierra Maestra 50 years ago, the art produced by the Taller de Gráfica, the ambition of a young girl to make it in Cuba’s competitive music industry, and the determination of young boxers at a local boxing club to make their dreams come true.
The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Stephen Hart, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University College London.
8 November 2009
11am screening at the Renoir Cinema, London map
HIDDEN (CACHÉ)
Michael Haneke, Italy/Germany/France 2005
English subtitles, 118 mins
The complacency of a middle class couple in Paris is shattered by a long-suppressed revelation. The static opening shot, which lasts for several minutes, is of the exterior of a house in a quiet Parisian neighbourhood. The credits are gradually typed across the screen, passers-by come and go in the frame, and we hear voices on the soundtrack. The image is then fast forwarded: we’ve actually been watching a surveillance tape, and Haneke is quickly warning us to treat with suspicion the ‘reality’ of what we are being shown.
The screening will be followed with a discussion led by Catherine Wheatley, author of Michael Haneke’s Cinema: The Ethic of the Image and Jon Cruddas MP for Dagenham
If you would like to view our full 2009/2010 programme please click here
HIDDEN (CACHÉ)
Michael Haneke, Italy/Germany/France 2005
English subtitles, 118 mins
The complacency of a middle class couple in Paris is shattered by a long-suppressed revelation. The static opening shot, which lasts for several minutes, is of the exterior of a house in a quiet Parisian neighbourhood. The credits are gradually typed across the screen, passers-by come and go in the frame, and we hear voices on the soundtrack. The image is then fast forwarded: we’ve actually been watching a surveillance tape, and Haneke is quickly warning us to treat with suspicion the ‘reality’ of what we are being shown.
The screening will be followed with a discussion led by Catherine Wheatley, author of Michael Haneke’s Cinema: The Ethic of the Image and Jon Cruddas MP for Dagenham
If you would like to view our full 2009/2010 programme please click here
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
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
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
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.
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:-
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
- Add or subscribe to calendars
- Google Calendar Tips, Tricks and Secrets
- The coolest things you can automatically add to Google calendar
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