BIFF - Everybody to Kenmure Street

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">- OFFICIALSELECTION: Sundance Film Festival -</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Glasgow Film Festival - &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">From Executive Producer Emma Thompson and BAFTA-winning director Felipe Bustos Sierra comes <b><i>Everybody to Kenmure Street</i></b>, a multifaceted picture of one of the most memorable moments in Glasgow’s recent history.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On May 13, 2021, UK Home Office immigration enforcement launched a dawn raid in Pollokshields, one of Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhoods. Local residents rushed to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours. As word spread, a handful of protestors quickly grew to a crowd of hundreds, flooding Kenmure Street and completely blocking an immigration enforcement van.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The eight-hour stand-off made international headlines as the community organised itself in an extraordinary act of peaceful solidarity.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><b><i>Everybody to Kenmure Street</i></b> uses a combination of crowd-sourced footage from the day, archive film and dramatic re-enactments to examine the power of grassroots collective action, solidarity, and empathy in confronting state authority.<o:p></o:p></span></p>DocumentaryPT1H35M2026-10-30en
Felipe Bustos Sierra
Ciara Barry
Felipe Bustos Sierra
BIFF - Everybody to Kenmure Street"BIFF - Everybody to Kenmure Street"

Showtimes

October 30, 11:00 am

November 6, 1:00 pm

The Screening Room Masterton | Boutique Restaurant & Cinema