Screening of the documentary 'Everybody to Kenmure Street' about the civil resistance at the Kenmure Street immigration raid, followed by a Q&A with participant Julie Sherry.
Stade Hall is screening Everybody to Kenmure Street on Tuesday 10 November, with a Q&A to follow. The film is directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra and follows the 2021 Home Office immigration raid on Kenmure Street in Glasgow, which sparked one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory: hundreds of residents rushed into the street to stop their neighbours from being deported. It's a documentary that looks at what happened on the ground when a community decided to step in.
The film has already picked up the Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance, so it's coming with a bit of a pedigree. The screening is organised by Hastings & Bexhill Stand Up To Racism, and the second half of the evening is where it gets personal: Julie Sherry, who was actually there during the Glasgow raid, introduces the film and stays on for a Q&A afterwards. It's a chance to hear from someone who lived through the events the film is about, rather than just watching them on screen.
If you're not familiar with the story, the raid on Kenmure Street became a well-known example of community action in Scotland, and the film puts that moment into focus. Having Sherry there to talk through it afterwards means you can ask questions and get a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of it.
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The screening starts at 7pm at Stade Hall, TN34 3JF. You book your seat and pay what you can afford, up to £5.
