Join Feminist Fightback for our September film showing. This month we are showing Concerning Violence(89min), a 2014 documentary film written and directed by Göran Olsson.

Concerning Violence is a bold and fresh visual narrative of African nationalist and independence movements in the 1960s and 1970s based on archive material from Swedish documentaries covering the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation from colonial rule. This powerful footage is combined with text from Frantz Fanon’s landmark book The Wretched of the Earth – written in 1960 and still a major tool for understanding and illuminating the neocolonialism happening today, as well as the unrest and the reactions against it.

Content warnings: scenes of military violence, descriptions of torture, racist language, scenes of apartheid

Exhibiting anger/ joy during the film at oppressive behaviour/ high points of struggle very much encouraged. Drinks and snacks will be available.

Suggested donations on the door £2/5/10 unwaged/waged/solidarity.

All genders welcome.

Doors open at 7pm.

ACCESS: 

The film showing will take place on the ground floor of Pelican House, in the room at the back of the courtyard. The toilets are on the same same level. The space and toilets are level access from the road.

Closest stations Bethnal Green tube station and Bethnal Green overground station.

Closest bus stops Cephas Street and Three Colts Lane for the 106 and 254 buses.