Films
Certificate: (adv. 12A)
Dir: Danniel Danniel, Juliano Mer-Khamis
Year: 2004
Country: Israel/Palestine
Length: 85 mins
A must-see documentary that penetrates a Jenin refugee camp to follow several Palestinian children as they grow from laughing little kids in a theatre group to grim actors on a grislier world stage.
In its straightforward presentation of the Palestinian struggle, Arna’s Children creates a devastating group portrait of the legacy of occupation.
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS - Tuesday 25th, 14:50
Certificate: (12)
Dir: Gillo Pontecorvo
Year: 1965
Country: Algeria/Italy
Length: 122 mins
Cast: Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Brahim Haggiag
The Battle of Algiers takes place during the Algerian War of Independence, and was shot on the same streets with powerful, occasionally unscripted intimacy. As the camera infiltrates and observes the motives and brutalities of FLN insurgents and French paratroopers, the audience is unusually involved with the motivations of both sides. Add to this a riveting pace, beautiful black-and-white cinematography and a wonderful Ennio Morricone score, and we have one of the very finest films of the 1960s. A masterpiece of political cinema, considered important enough to warrant study by both the Black Panthers and the Pentagon.
RESTREPO - Tuesday 25th, 17:50
Certificate: (15)
Dir: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian
Year: 2010
Country: Afghanistan/USA
Language: English
Length: 94 mins
Gripping fly-on-the-wall footage of US troops' tour of duty in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley is intercut with the survivors' reminiscences from an Italian safe haven. The picture that emerges is of a group of men old before their time, struggling to cope first with the guilt and trauma of war, and second with the heavy weight of their failed mission.
SALVADOR - Wednesday 26th, 14:30
Certificate: (18)
Dir: Oliver Stone
Year: 1986
Country: UK/USA
Length: 122 mins
Cast: James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage
Format: 35mm
Richard Boyle, a photojournalist, leaves behind his California lifestyle for cheap booze, drugs, sex and the pursuit of prize-winning photography in El Salvador. However, faced with the work of the Death Squads and US involvement he starts to realise the true magnitude of the suffering. Arguably Oliver Stone's greatest film.
THE MARCH - Wednesday 26th, 17:30
Certificate: PG
Dir: David Wheatley
Year: 1990
Country: GB
Length: 110 mins
Cast: Malick Bowens, Juliet Stevenson, Joseph Mydell, Dermot Crowley
An alarmingly prescient vision of the social impact of global warming. With the oceans now dry, several thousand North Africans migrate to Europe, only to find critical overpopulation there, and mounting racial and nationalistic tensions.
BAHRAIN: SHOUTING IN THE DARK (Day 3)
Certificate: PG
Al Jazeera Documentary
Length: 51 mins
Screening Location: Small Hall, University of Bradford (please book on the Day 3 page)
Bahrain: Shouting in the dark is a television documentary produced by Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera English about the 2011 Bahraini uprising. The film was first aired on 4 August, 2011, featuring footage recorded during protests and police crackdowns, interviews with activists and physicians as well as footage aired by Bahraini TV.
In four days, the documentary received almost 200,000 views on YouTube. Bahraini Foreign Minster Khalid Al Khalifah criticised Qatar on his official Twitter account after the airing of the film: "It's clear that in Qatar there are those who don't want anything good for Bahrain. And this film on Al Jazeera English is the best example of this inexplicable hostility."
HAMMER AND NAILS (Day 3)
Length: 5 mins
Accompanied by a short explanation from the animator, this short film is used as a springboard for some of the discussions taking place in the Third Day workshop events at the University of Bradford.