Screenings
Montt’s Day In Court: Screening of Granito: How to Nail a DictatorÂ
By Christopher Czechowicz “Because if I can not control the army, then what am I doing here?”- General Efraín Ríos Montt, 1982 This excerpt from Pamela Yates’ latest work was used as evidence in a Spanish court of law against a military man wanted for genocide. Twenty-nine years after death squads murdered […]
Special Preview Screening: Armadillo
Armadillo is director Janus Metz’s breathtaking observational documentary about a group of young Danish soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. Tense, guttural, and uniquely human, Winner of the International Critics’ prize at Cannes, Armadillo throws you into the experience of war as a member of the troop itself.
Screening – Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
After more than 25 years of silence, the victims of the brutal military genocide that killed 200,000 Guatemalans finally find their voice as the narrative of the past and the present collide in Granito. With an indictment of the military dictatorship finally called, justice and culpability are on the line.
Sunday Screening – Restrepo
In the most dangerous place in Afghanistan, the violently contested Korengal Valley, a platoon of fifteen American soldiers fight a seemingly endless war against an Al-Qaeda stronghold. Told through the voices of the soldiers themselves, Restrepo is a tense journey into one of the most discussed, yet least understood, military actions in the past decade.
Screening – War Child
Harrowing and heartbreaking by equal measure, War Child follows the lives of children in Gaza effected by Operation Cast Lead, a 22 day campaign to destroy the ability of Hamas to launch rockets and mortars into Israel. After losing almost everything, what remains of the children’s lives is questioned poignantly as the violence that changed their lives irreversibly is in turn channeled into thoughts of revenge.
SOLD OUT: Sunday Screening – Waste Land
Filmed over three years, Waste Land follows celebrated Brazilian artist Vik Muniz from his home in Brooklyn back to Brazil and to the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. A powerful story of the transformative power of art and strength andf resiliance of the human spirit.
Screening – A Perfect Soldier
A Perfect Soldier follows Aki Ra, a young man who once worked for the violent Khmer Rouge as a child soldier who now works to undo the damage he did as a child by disabling some of the thousands of land mines that still ravage Cambodia’s countryside. Confronting the terrifying history of the Khmer Rouge, A Perfect Soldier chronicles the attempts now being undertaken to heal wounds fresh and old.
Screening – Justice for Sergei
Justice for Sergei is the harrowing story of Sergei Magnitksy, a Russian lawyer thrown in jail and tortured until death by the very officials he was prosecuting. Held in a pre-trial detention without being formally charged, and denied access to medical care for six months, Sergei continued to fight the government while refusing to perjure himself before his death.
Sunday Screening – Fistula Hospital: Healing and Hope
Among questions of poverty and limited access to medical attention, Fistula Hospital: Healing and Hope examines the damaging effect of Obstetric Fistula on the millions of women living in the developing world which effects labour, and leads them to endanger not only their lives, but their reputation.
Screening – Killing in the Name
On his wedding day in 2005, Ashraf Al-Khaled witnessed the murder of 27 of his family members at the hands of an Al-Qaeda suicide bomber. Now, with his one voice against what seems an unstoppable force of terrorism in the Middle East, Ashraf Al-Khaled is on a mission to expose the truth behind the violence.
Life with Murder: Q&A with Dr Rachel Condry
In 1998 Jennifer Jenkins was shot four times by her brother, Mason, who was subsequently arrested and convicted for her murder. Their parents, Leslie and Brian Jenkins decided to continue to support their imprisoned son and were ostracised by their community. Dr Rachel Condry spoke to audience members after a screening of Life With Murder, an intimate portrait of the Jenkins family and the aftermath of their daughter’s death.
London Premiere Screening – Life with Murder
Part psychological study, part investigation, Life with Murder is a film which takes a compassionate look at the repercussions of crime upon a family, perpetrator and community.
Sunday Screening – Blood and Dust
“In war the only common denominator is the shedding of blood.” This summer the US plans to start reducing its troop numbers in Afghanistan – a sign many hope, that NATO’s war against the Taliban will soon end. Despite this, the number of combatants and civilians killed and wounded is growing. Among those best placed […]
UK Premiere Screening – A Man Came and Took Her
When eight-year-old Ola seemingly vanishes the disappearance shakes her tiny rural village in Poland. A thoroughly compelling and shocking crime documentary, A Man Came and Took Her is a whodunnit full of intrigue and suspense.
Sunday Screening – Nero’s Guests
Over the last ten years almost 200,000 farmers have committed suicide in India. Nero’s Guests investigates India’s agrarian crisis and the growing inequality seen through the work of the Rural Affairs Editor of Hindu newspaper, P Sainath.
‘I was concerned that I hadn’t filmed the suffering of war, just its machinery’ – Vaughan Smith on his new film showing the reality of war in Afghanistan
Vaughan Smith, founder of the Frontline Club, spent two weeks with the US Army’s 214th Aviation Regiment shooting Blood and Dust, a film being broadcast on Al Jazeera this week. The film will also be shown at the Club on 6 March and will be followed by a discussion about how war is represented by […]
Screening – Power of the Powerless
Czechoslovakia’s 1989 Velvet Revolution, instigated by a student-led movement which drew half a million people to the streets of Prague, is documented in this inspiring film narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons.
FULLY BOOKED Screening – Our Generation
Described as Australia’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’, Our Generation is the groundbreaking new documentary on Aboriginal rights – showing the struggle for freedom, land and culture.
Screening: Videocracy
by Gianluca Mezzofiore Videocracy, screened yesterday at the Frontline Club, is a groundbreaking documentary by Italian-born, Swedish-based director Erik Gandini about the power of Berlusconi’s TV culture over Italian society at large. Showing the dark side of TV industry controlled by Berlusconi over the last 30 years, Gandini gives a precious insight over a fictional world […]
FULLY BOOKED Screening – Videocracy
An insight into the dark side of Italy’s TV culture in which the key to power is the possession of the image and the man who has kept control and domination for over three decades, Silvio Berlusconi.
UK Premiere Screening – Reagan
Through an in-depth and subtle, but thorough, portrait we see the multiple sides of Ronald Reagan’s political and personal life. Impressively balanced, and with commentators both from a stance of adoration and condemnation, Reagan presents a character study of one of the most prominent politicians of our time.
Screening – Shooting Poverty
The Frontline Club is proud to present three independently produced short docs exposing the true cost of armed violence on people living in poverty in Burundi, India and Brazil. The films were produced with support from Oxfam and Drewstone Production as part of the “Shooting Poverty” film competition. Young directors were asked to submit their […]
Sunday Screening: Bloody Sunday – A Derry Diary
On 30th January 1972 the British Army shot dead thirteen unarmed civilians on a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland. Confidence in British justice evaporated among the victims’ families when Lord Widgery exonerated the soldiers and blighted the reputation of those killed and wounded. The film follows the families’ long search for the truth […]
Screening – Bananas!*
We are extremely pleased to be showing Bananas!* following their freedom of speech victory in the courts against Dole. In December 2010 a Los Angeles judge awarded $200k as punishment to Dole for filing a defamation lawsuit against the filmmakers. Bananas!* tells the shocking story of Juan “Accidentes” Domingue, a lawyer hired by twelve banana […]
Screening – My Kidnapper
A riveting documentary about the psychological effects of kidnapping on both the victims and kidnappers, My Kidnapper tells the story of Mark Henderson, who was held captive for 101 days in the Colombian jungle. Shaken after his release, Mark receives an email from his captor several months later; simultaneously, another hostage receives a friend request […]
Sunday Screening – Pink Saris
Pink Saris follows the struggles of the Gulabi Gang, a group of women vigilantes in Northern India, who refuse to submit to socially accepted forms of injustice and domestic abuse. Spearheaded by the indomitable Sampat Pal, the Gulabi Gang fight for equality even in their own homes; often, the victims of abuse are targeted by […]
Screening – The Battle for Barking
With an admirable amount of observational objectivity, Battle for Barking explores the run up to the 2010 General Election in Barking, a former stronghold for the fiercely conservative British National Party headed by Nick Griffin. Campaigning against Labour candidate Margaret Hodge, Griffin and the rest of the BNP grant unprecedented access to director Laura Fairrie […]
FULLY BOOKED Screening: Aung San Suu Kyi – Lady of No Fear
For the people of Burma, and around the world, Aung San Suu Kyi has been a symbol of freedom in the face of oppression. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Suu Kyi has voluntarily chosen to stay in Burma despite being offered the opportunity to live in exile by the Military Dictatorship. Despite her deeply […]
Screening – Enemies of the People
Enemies of the People is an intimate and extraordinary film which explores, from the top down, the people responsible for massacring Cambodians in the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge.
Sunday Screening – Russia 88
Russia 88 is docudrama that takes you into the world of Russian neo-Nazis. The film is based around real events and makes use of authentic interviews. Many scenarios within the film were taken directly from police reports from Vladivostok, St. Petersburg and many other cities in Russia.
