C Words Now! - Civil Society Speaks

C Words film & events season

A programme of film and events to accompany C Words: Carbon, Climate, Capital, Culture - an exhibition by artist-activist group PLATFORM and their collaborators.

Events

Reading Room

Thurs 8, 15 Oct & Thurs 12 Nov

Free

Weekly informal discussion events prompted by topical screenings of short films, performances, readings. Civil Society Speaks is an indy film programme selected by Mika Minio from PLATFORM, who is currently on a research journey in North Africa and the Middle East.

8 Oct
Zdroj (Source, 2005, 77 mins)
On civil rights abuses by the Aliev regime of Azerbaijan during the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.

15 Oct
Harlan County (1976, 103 mins)
Covering the efforts of 180 coal miners on strike against the Duke Power Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1973.

12 Nov
Coconut Revolution (2001, 53 mins)
On the ecologically-inspired revolution that occurred on the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville, with Those Who Dance (2007, 49 mins) on oil company Shell's crimes in Ireland and Nigeria and the people who fight back.

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