A document of the self-declared autonomous nationalist area of Free Derry in 1969, Cinema Action interviewed militants, community leaders, priests, a Stormont Minister and unemployed workers, filming mass meetings behind barricades, the Labour Home Secretary James Callaghan’s visit and battles between republicans and the police, creating a portrayal of the establishment of Free Derry as a step towards a workers' republic.
Part of So That You Can Live: The Oppositional Films of Cinema Action
Also showing as part of this season: Early Shorts (1969-1970), Films from the Clyde, Shorts (1972-1975), The Miners' Film, So That You Can Live
With thanks to Chris Reeves at Platform Films
Presented by Wavelength
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dir. Cinema Action
year: 1973
country: UK
run-time: 105 minutes
Doors 5pm
Film 5:30pm
£6.00 (£4.50 conc.)
“Independent cinema in Britain is unthinkable without the achievements of the innovative film collective Cinema Action”