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Miral (2010)
With introduction and panel discussion with Yousef Al-Helou, Sir Iain Chalmers, Jenny Stanton and Nikki Marriott, chaired by Dr. Brigitte Piquard. Jerusalem, 1948. On her way to work, Hind Husseini comes across 55 orphaned children in the street. She takes them home to give them food and shelter. Within six months 55 are almost 2000 and the Dar Al-Tifel Institute is born. At the age of 7, Miral is sent to the Institute by her father following her mother's death. Brought up safely inside the Institute's walls, she is naïve to the troubles that surround her. At the age of 17, she is assigned to teach at a refugee camp where she is awakened to the reality of her people's struggle. When she falls for political activist, Hani, she finds herself torn between the fight for the future of her people and Mama Hind's belief that education is the road to peace. Oxford Brookes University, John Henry Brookes lecture theatre. 7pm Monday 24th February 2014. £5 adults / £3.50 concessions BOOK ONLINE NOW Hunger (2008) With introduction and panel discussion with Eamonn Baker, Séamas Heaney and Dr. Richard Carver. Hunger stars Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the Irish Republican activist who led the 1981 prison hunger strike and participated in the "dirty" strike in which Republican prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the months prior to Sands' death. The Old Fire Station. 7.30pm Monday 24th February 2014. £5 adults / £3.50 concessions BOOK ONLINE NOW Honour Me (2008) With talk by Sameem Ali and Stacey Bob. Abandoned by her parents, Sameem Ali grew up in a children's home. When she was told that her family wanted her back, she couldn't wait. However she returned to a dirty house where she was subjected to endless chores. Her mother beat her, unhappiness drove her to self harm. So Sameem was excited when she visited Pakistan for the first time with her mother, only to discover she wasn't there for on a holiday. Aged just 13, Sameem was forced to marry a complete stranger. Two months later and pregnant, she returned home to Glasgow where she suffered further abuse from her family. After finding love, Sameem fled the violence and escaped to Manchester with her son. Believing she had put her horrific experiences behind her, she was unprepared for the consequences of violating her family's honour. The Ultimate Picture Palace. 6pm Tuesday 25th February 2014. £5 adults / £3.50 concessions BOOK ONLINE NOW The Life and Work of a Photojournalist and a Videojournalist A talk with video and photography by Jason N. Parkinson and Jess Hurd. Jess Hurd is a photojournalist and campaigning photographer, supplying images and photo-essays to international newspapers, magazines, trade union journals and NGOs since the 1990s. She has worked at the global political grassroots - the uprising in Egypt, the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela, the Zapatistas in Mexico and urban social movements in Brazil, India, China and Africa. Jason N. Parkinson is an independent freelance news cameraman specialising in international protest, political unrest and environmental issues, investigating the social and economic issues behind the stories. In the UK he extensively covered the English Defence League protests which led to exposing the fascist and Nazi elements inside the far right street army. His work has taken him throughout the UK and across Europe, into Russia, Mexico, America, Egypt, and Turkey. Together they will talk about their work in conflict areas in the UK and around the world, screening a selection of Jason’s films and Jess’s photographs. The Ultimate Picture Palace. 6pm Wednesday 26th February 2014. £5 adults / £3.50 concessions BOOK ONLINE NOW Salma (2013) With introduction and panel discussion with Neishaa Gharat and Supriya Akerkar. When Salma, a young Muslim girl in a south Indian village, was 13 years old, her family locked her up for 25 years, forbidding her to study and forcing her into marriage. During that time, words were Salma's salvation. She began covertly composing poems on scraps of paper and, through an intricate system, was able to sneak them out of the house, eventually getting them into the hands of a publisher. Against the odds, Salma became the most famous Tamil poet: the first step to discovering her own freedom and challenging the traditions and code of conduct in her village. The Old Fire Station. 7.30pm Wednesday 26th February 2014. £5 adults / £3.50 concessions BOOK ONLINE NOW The Reluctant Revolutionary (2012) Introduced by filmmaker Sean McAllister. Panel discussion with Jon Bennett and Helen Lackner. An intimate portrait of Yemen as the revolution unfolds, told through the eyes of Kais, an intelligent if ambivalent commentator on the changing times in Yemen, offering poignant moments of reflection, loss, anger and hope on the unknown road to revolution and change. At home, Kais must care for his pregnant wife, but times are tight: "there is no work or money to be made in Yemen during the revolution days." Kais is visibly happy for the revolution but scared for his family, "this isn't a great time to be bringing another child into the world" he says. Meanwhile, all foreign journalists are tracked down and sent out of the country: Sean is the only remaining foreigner in his hotel. The country is expecting a massacre. On the day now known as the 'Friday of Dignity', when 52 are killed, Sean is one of only a handful of foreigners there to act as witness. Ultimate Picture Palace. 6pm Thursday 27th February 2014. £5 adults / £3.50 concessions BOOK ONLINE NOW |