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Wild Coast Warriors

For centuries, indigenous people have lived sustainably while resisting invaders on South Africa's Wild Coast. In this documentary about a David and Goliath court-case struggle against Shell, these communities succeeded in halting oil and gas exploration, winning ongoing protection for their ocean and culture.

This film celebrates and pays tribute to the amaMpondo for their outstanding and historic, legal victory over Shell, Impact Oil and Gas (Impact Africa) and the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources in South Africa. The story is constructed as an almighty existential clash of cultures. The amaMpondo protagonists, conserving nature, their way of life and their very existence, battle the oil giants and the Minister of Energy antagonists, their profit-driven fossil fuel exploration that could potentially destroy marine life and indigenous culture on the Wild Coast. This leads to a climactic courtroom ruling that might help influence the direction of travel for the next few years that humanity has left to drastically reduce carbon emissions and prevent a burning planet and biodiversity loss.

We will be hosting the films executive producer for the post film Q&A, Gary Janks. Gary is also a Greenpeace public speaker and will be joined on the night by members of the local Nottingham Greenpeace group to raise awareness of the #makeshellpay campaign.

Saturday 24 May 202519:00

Enter the Void (18)

This is a screening by Jackie Treehorn Productions, an independent film club showcasing a large variety of films throughout Nottingham.

A fantasy psychological drama set in the neon-lit nightclub environments of Tokyo, the story follows Oscar, a young American drug dealer who gets fatally shot by the police, but continues to watch subsequent events during an out-of-body experience.

Thursday 29 May 202519:10

The Cycle of Life - Bicycle Short Films (12A)

After Green Hustle, join us for an evening of short films about all people's best two-wheeled friend: the bicycle!
From quirky bike builders and social activists, to those who make a living on two wheels; from children to artists, parents and workers; from crazy animated bike races to visual poems to its enticing mechanisms. Good for us and good for the planet, the humble bicycle touches our life in more ways than we could condense in one single screening - yet we have tried!

Short films screening:

Frankenbiking - 15min
Directed by Joël Porter & Alex Moore
A short documentary about tall bicycles. Frankenbiking celebrates fun, silliness and creativity whilst exploring how and why people react to the new and unusual.
Swamp Films Website
@joel_porter @alexmoore_film @swamp.films @lydiaonstilts

Styrofoam - 4min
Directed by Noah Sheldon
Guo Jie’s work in Shanghai consists of buying and transporting used styrofoam boxes from markets around Shanghai and selling them to seafood wholesalers who reuse them. She is one of the estimated 277 million rural migrant workers in China. With residency restrictions, many of these workers have limited access to education and healthcare resources for themselves and thier families in the cities that they work in. As a result, their children often stay behind in the rural communities they themselves have left. There are an estimated 61 million children “left behind” by their migrant parents in China.

A Day's Messing - 14 min
Directed by Jeff Seal
Written, directed by and starring a clown and mime, this film shot on Super 8mm film re-imagines the spirit and technique of classic silent comedy in the style of Buster Keaton, George Melies and Charlie Chaplin. It follows a NYC bike messenger as he is derailed from delivering an important package by an alluring cyclist.
Jeff's Youtube Channel

Delivered - 4min
Directed by Law Chen
Delivered deals with the experience of delivery workers, many of whom are immigrants, who work a very frontline job in New York City. A slice of life in the time of corona.
Law on Instagram

Switching Lanes - 7min
Directed by Guy Wilkinson
A woman from Bangkok feels alienated by the comparatively languid pace of San Francisco until a bike restored from a dumpster changes everything.
Guy's YouTube channel
Patreon

Bike Short - 10 min
Directed by Kevin McDevitt
A true-crime comedy inspired by the time my padded mountain bike shorts were stolen from my driveway, that asks one of the crucial questions of our time: "Who would steal bike shorts?"

Knives Down, Bikes Up - 3min
Directed by Matt Dempsey
London is currently experiencing a knife crime epidemic. In response to this crisis, some of London’s youths have banded together to start the Knives Down, Bikes Up movement which is about breaking down barriers & creating a community of like-minded riders.

Copenhagen Cycles - 7min
Directed by Eric Dyer
A bicyclist travels through a fantastical, collaged reconstruction of Denmark's capital city. About 25 zoetrope-like paper sculptures (cinetropes) were built to create the film.

Velodrool - 6min
Directed by Sander Joon
An addicted biker runs out of cigarettes. He joins a race to get more, but has to take help from some peculiar people in the audience to stay in the competition. 

Reclaiming Work - 7min
Directed by Cassie Quarless and Usayd Younis of black & brown.
Cycle courier cooperatives are turning technology on the gig economy giants.
blackbrownfilm.com
Saturday 31 May 202519:00

XR Nottingham Book Club

Chatting about ‘Scientists on Survival’ by Scientist for XR 

Read or listen to the book and join us for a relaxed conversation. Please come along even if you haven’t finished the book yet.

A bit more about the book:
The scientists of XR have written a book (with a forward by Chris Packham)! In this important and timely book, scientists from a broad range of disciplines detail their personal responses to climate change and the ecological crises that led them to form Scientists for XR and work tirelessly within it. Whether their inspiration comes from education or activism, family ties or the work environment, the scientists writing here record what drives them, what non-violent direct action looks like to them, what led them to become interested in the environmental crisis that threatens us all and what they see as the future of life on Earth. (also, it’s very short). 
Wednesday 4 Jun 202519:00

Mammoth Mending Workshop (U)

In this workshop Mammoth becomes a pop-up clothing repair salon, a welcoming place to bring your missing buttons, holey socks, rips and tears. 

Everyone is welcome, whatever their level of experience. We can help you to think about what type of repair is needed for your items and, if needed, teach you the basics of hand stitching or the more specialist technique of darning. We’ll also have a sewing machine on hand.
 A range of materials and equipment will be supplied, but feel free to bring your own if preferred - as well as your items for repair. 

Mammoth Mending Workshops are supported by staff and students linked to the Fashion & Textile Research Centre at Nottingham School of Art & Design.
Sunday 8 Jun 202514:00

After Life (PG)

This is a screening by Jackie Treehorn Productions, an independent film club showcasing a large variety of films throughout Nottingham.

After death, the recently deceased are processed before entering their personal heaven, which takes the form of one happy memory relived for eternity.

Thursday 12 Jun 202519:10

The Line We Crossed

A British story of dissent, drawn from the frontlines of climate resistance. Through the experiences of those who stood in defiance, it traces the quiet unraveling of our protest rights. The film challenges audiences to question what makes dissent effective and where the line of acceptability is.
For two years we documented how the right to protest in the UK is under threat and how environmental defenders, in particular, are being targeted. We have witnessed first hand how they are being silenced in court, criminalised and are receiving disproportionate punishments for nonviolent protest. The right to nonviolent protest is a fundamental pillar of democracy and enshrined in many laws to which the UK government are signatories.

Saturday 28 Jun 202519:00