Hi Northern Voices,
The story of Rubin 'The Hurricane' Carter inspired the 1975
Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" and in memory of, Rubin Carter, who died
on April 20th, the Tolpuddle Radical Film Festival will be screening the Oscar
nominated, The Hurricane, the 1999 biog picture directed by Norman Jewison and
starring Denzel Washington.
"A mesmerizing drama about the potent force of small
incremental doses of hope."
The festival is organised by volunteers and funded by
numerous small donations from across the spectrum of our broadly left wing
supporters.
We are still fund raising even as the event approaches,
which is a bit scarey, so any help you can give will be much appreciated and
anything from £5 upwards will make a real difference.
You can donate on our
Sponsume page here.
Or donate directly
via Paypal here.
The inaugural
Tolpuddle Radical Film Festival will run alongside the main Tolpuddle Festival
and launches with an exclusive pre-release screening of Still The Enemy Within
and will be theming the festival on mining and Trade Unionism in honour of the
30th anniversary of the 1984 Miners strike.
“I strongly support the idea of a Radical Film Festival at
Tolpuddle. Films can bring in new ideas, new perspectives, new voices. As trade
unionists we urgently need to re-examine our attitude to the existing parties.
We need real political representation and to re-discover our militancy. Films
that reflect struggles of working people can be a spur to action” Ken Loach
Yours Hopefully
Chris Jury &
Reuben Irving
Festival Directors,
Tolpuddle Radical Film Festival
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