When? 7pm Sat 24 March
The Film? It’s a Free World (Ken Loach, 2007, UK/It/Ger) Cert 15
Price? £3 (students); £5 (full)
Synopsis
Angie (Kierston Wareing) sets up a recruitment agency with her flat-mate Rose, working in a twilight zone between gangmasters, employment agencies and the migrant workers they place. This is a tale set against the reality of the Anglo Saxon miracle of flexible labour, globalisation, double shifts and lots of happy, happy, happy consumers. Best Screenplay, Venice Film Festival 2007; Best Film, Seville Film Festival 2007
Our short season of important films from around the world that have in various ways provided a response to the burning social issues of their time and place continues this coming weekend. Presented by Professor Brian Winston and Dr Sarah Barrow of Lincoln School of Media (University of Lincoln).