Small independant film looking at the effects of 10 years of Blair on our civil liberties goes on release in 12 cinemas on 8th June. The more people that see it on the first weekend the more likelihood it will go on wider release.

Saw this advertised in the Ritzy – hope to see it at some point.

Posted about 1 year ago by untangler

Looks great. I’ll see if I’m free. Will probably go to the one at Clapham Picture House.

Posted about 1 year ago by Ben

Hope its as good as I want it to be, but gawd bless ‘em for doing it either way. Gonna go to the ritzy on the 9th

will be there unless im under a control order but not actually charged with any crime

Posted about 1 year ago by Heftmaid_

I’m going to organising some free tickets to the screening at the Tricycle in Kilburn for LTRC members but anyone else wanting to join us for the 5.30pm, with coffee first in the cafe can get tickets via the Tricycle box office at http://www.tricycle.co.uk

The plan is to meet up around 5.00pm for tea / coffee / sweets then move into the cinema at 5.30pm. Would be good to get a nice crowd as afterwards I expect people will want to chat about the film

Regards

Phil

Posted about 1 year ago by Phil_LTRC

i’ve actually got tickets for the 5th now at clapham

Posted about 1 year ago by Mellie

Because I appear briefly in an interview within the film, I was among the lucky few who were invited to an extra early preview screening in late May. I really had no idea what the film was about or how good the film-makers were.

I couldn’t believe what a great film it is. Really accessible, informative and entertaining. Never a dull moment! I’m trying to get all my friends to go to this. It’s marvellous!

The film has a great soundtrack, and it’s distilled the major issues of civil liberties in the UK so that anyone you know would be able to follow it. That said, it goes into depth enough that a human rights lawyer would find it interesting. One of the most shocking and interesting (and painful) bits to see is when they interview someone under house arrest (aka- “control orders”). Let’s get this film into the mainstream theatres.

Posted about 1 year ago by thedishbench

I was also at the preview put on by Amnesty, but only cause I’m a member of Amnesty. It was brilliant – really emotive. And the bit about the guy under house arrest was also the bit that got to me most.

We took a load of flyers and have been littering them about ;)

Posted about 1 year ago by idamonster

I’m going to this on the 5th at Greenwich Picturehouse

Posted about 1 year ago by braintree

The campaign to get it out further seems to be gathering pace. A couple of Odeons are now showing it. Also, there is the advance screenings tomorrow – Tuesday 5 June. Clive Anderson is hosting a debate after the Clapham Picturehouse showing – details here:

Picturehouses News

Also, the Director, Chris Atkins will be at the Greenwich Picturehouse.

Posted about 1 year ago by CommonplaceGent

Clapham seems to be sold out. Greenwich (where I’m going!) still seems to have a load of seats free. Should be interesting.. Can a small person book to sit in front of me please? ;)

Posted about 1 year ago by flippy

I’ve taken all your names down and passed them on to the authorities. I think if more than 5 you agree to attend the same screening, that’s illegal assembly and we can have you nicked.

Posted about 1 year ago by Mockernee

Police state, my cock. I’m sure the film uncovers some appalling and unjustifiable stuff, and should be applauded for doing so, but as soon as the words “police state” are mentioned in the trailer I just think “oh, get fucked.”

Posted about 1 year ago by rhodri

I thought you were a journalist? Never used rhetoric?

Posted about 1 year ago by flippy

Well, you know, there’s rhetoric, and then there’s rhetoric that makes you think “oh, get fucked.”

Posted about 1 year ago by rhodri

How would you define a police state? One where every element of your life is controlled?

I think I agree with you that it’s an oversimplification of the issues we’re facing, but soundbites like this are way more effective, from a marketing perspective, than pedantically correct polemic.

Posted about 1 year ago by flippy

Well, they’ve not been effective in this case, have they, because they’ve made me ambivalent about seeing the film.

Obviously defining a police state is tricky if not impossible, but if you asked people who have lived under one – South Africa under apartheid, East Germany / Romania under communism, etc etc – whether UK 2007 was a police state, I think they’d say “oh, get fucked.”

Posted about 1 year ago by rhodri

but from the perspective of ethnic minorities(currently anyone muslim looking but it used to be anyone black) to be randomly stopped and searched you would feel like you were living in a police state. In the case of Aparthied, to simplify, if you were a non-white person you probably felt like you were living in a polce state and if you were white you weren’t. I think the case in Britain isn’t necessarily a race thing but more a “If you aren’t with us, you’re against us and therefore bad” that makes people concerned. What is happening to freedom of belief.

That was slightly too serious so here is a picture of a mummy giraffe kissing a baby giraffe

Posted about 1 year ago by braintree

If everyone wore t-shirts with that on, all differences of opinion would be quietly forgotten. Bravo.

Posted about 1 year ago by rhodri

Yeah, but then someone would wear it on a colour I didn’t like and it would all kick off again

Posted about 1 year ago by braintree

Watched it last night – it’s a well made, well-informed yet obviously biased film which nevertheless deserves a wider audience.

I think even Rhodri would enjoy it – the spin and rhetoric I anticipated was pleasingly absent. It does seem to be marketed towards liberals, whereas it should really be seen by centrists. The more conservative would dismiss it out of hand.

A bit annoyed to see the Q&A session with the director cancelled, mind.

Posted about 1 year ago by flippy