Films

This is a list of films that we are hoping to show over the course of the weekend:

Jupiter’s Dance

“An exhilarating jaunt through the ghettos of Kinshasa to meet musicians who struggle to emerge from the chaos: rappers, handicapped bluesmen, griots, street children, inventors of instruments, and ndombolo musicians. Jupiter, the charismatic leader of the band Okwess International, serves as guide and narrator as he describes his city and his long battle to break out of the ghetto with his music. “The DRC has 450 ethnic groups and thousands of untapped musical resources. We’re sleeping on a mattress stuffed with dollars, yet we’re starving!” Jupiter’s Dance  presents a very different African reality than the one we are accustomed to witnessing in the news media.”

No Lagers

“Inspiring documentary on the resistance to detention centres across Europe.”

“This 39 minute video brings together images form various anti-lager actions that have taken place across europe in the past. The video contains fottage from actions both outside and inside detion camps in Germany, Slovenia, Italy, Australia, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands.”

Those Left Behind

“What is it like to teach in a school where pupils simply vanish without trace? How do you feel about losing your best mate at school, something you never thought could happen? ‘Those Left Behind’ speaks of Glasgow’s ‘disappeared’.

The Vucaj family lived in the Kingsway community in Glasgow for 6 years, before they were forcibly removed. This short film gives a voice to the people of Kingsway and helps us understand how deeply integrated and important Asylum Seeking families have become in the communities in which they have settled and relates how traumatic and disturbing it is when friends and neighbours disappear without trace.”