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Solidarity: Blacklisting film + Q&A, Oxford

Wed 11th December, 2019 @ 18:30 - 20:30

£13.50

Blacklisted workers outside the High CourtFilm: Solidarity (UK, 2019, 76mins), followed by Q&A with director Lucy Parker.

For decades, a secret blacklist kept thousands of people out of the UK construction industry. Most of the major firms were involved, vetting thousands of applicants and supplying the blacklist with information on ‘undesirables’.

Workers who organised to ensure their legal rights such as getting paid on time or being provided with the proper safety equipment, were listed and excluded.

After the illegal blacklisting firm was raided in 2009, the files were found to contain information that can only have come from the police or security services. The Independent Police Complaints Commission admitted that every constabulary’s Special Branch appears to have routinely supplied personal details of citizens. This is not police officers upholding the law – it is police breaking the law to maximise corporate profit.

Many spycops from the Special Demonstration Squad took a particular interest in trade unions, becoming members and joining picket lines.

SOLIDARITY attentively follows meetings between activists and law students, brought together for the film, revealing the determination of a community working together to find a route to justice.

This screening will be followed by Q&A with director Lucy Parker.

Where: Curzon cinema, Westgate Centre, Oxford OX1 1NZ

When: Wednesday 11 December, 6.30pm

Price: £13.50 (concessions £12.50, child £8)

Tickets: Available here

SOLIDARITY was made by visual arts organisation City Projects and filmmaker Lucy Parker, who has been working alongside members of the Blacklist Support Group for over four years. The project has generated several short films, exhibitions and events.

Details

Date:
Wed 11th December, 2019
Time:
18:30 - 20:30
Cost:
£13.50
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.curzoncinemas.com/docdays/solidarity

Venue

Curzon Oxford
Westgate Centre
Oxford, OX1 1NZ
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