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Local author Ian Gasse will be launching his new book on the emergence of ‘Labour’ in Dumfries and Maxwelltown, ‘A Hard Nut to Crack’? – illustrating his talk with film footage of working people in Dumfries, Scotland and northern England from the early twentieth century (1900-1911). This material includes textile workers, furniture workers, print workers, steel workers and miners, as well as schoolchildren and adults in Dumfries, a co-operative gala day procession and picketing by strikers in Dundee.
Copies of the new book will be available at a discounted price.
When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch - Babylon Berlin, Around the World in 80 Days) decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
He's a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
He's a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
He's a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
This is a Bring a Baby screening, there is no admittance to anyone without a baby.
“I could never go vegan.”
Five words uttered around the world by many a non-vegan, but why?
On a quest for the truth, a filmmaker sets out on a journey to find out the leading arguments facing the vegan movement, and if they're justified.
Featuring an introduction and post film discussion with Wallace Hall Academy teacher Leah Belford who leads the school eco-groups and Dumfries based medical doctor Dr Kate Percival who follows a vegan diet.
Marwan Barghouti is serving five life sentences in Israeli prison; Tomorrow’s Freedom captures his story, and the tireless spirit of a people fighting for justice.
Over 5 years, Georgia and Sophia Scott followed the family of imprisoned Palestinian political leader and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Marwan Barghouti. The resulting film shares the struggles of his hunger strikes, brought on by harsh prison conditions and the desire to make a stand. The film also shows painful prison visits, often ending with the family being turned away at the last moment.
A collage of interviews with the people who know him best, Tomorrow's Freedom paints a powerful portrait of a man who may one day lead the Palestinian people.
Maya Angelou’s ode to Rabbie Burns.
Dr. Maya Angelou, the African-American writer and poet, discovered and was inspired by the work of Robert Burns at the age of 8. She was mute and living in a small hamlet in Arkansas. "He was the first white man I read who seemed to understand that a human being was a human being and we are more alike than unalike".
The film follows Maya Angelou on a pilgrimage to Burns country in which she explores the strong parallels that exist in their lives - poor beginnings, early love of literature, fame, liberty and equality, music, religion, love and passion - and meets the enthusiastic and fanatical Burnsians, who welcome her to ceilidhs in Ayrshire and Edinburgh in honour of her visit and Burns' genius.
First broadcast in 1996 to commemorate the bicentenary of Burns’ death, we are screening the documentary in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Pensioners for Independence to mark the anniversary of his death. The group promotes Scottish Independence but are not linked to any political party. They welcome Angelou’s observation that “poems transcend race, time and space” and her recognition that Burns is a symbol for “freedom and Scotland’s dignity, independence and humanity”.
We are delighted to welcome Hugh McMillan, poet and writer for post-film discussion.
The fun begins at 10.30am with a story or sing-along, followed by a short film or collection of short films for really wee ones. This time it’s the animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh village of Pontypandy.