Films at the 2011 Bookfair

10am -11am
A Day's Work, A Day's Pay
Three welfare recipients in New York City are forced onto the largest welfare-to-work program in the nation. When forced to work for well below the prevailing wage and deprived of the chance to go to school, these individuals decide to fight back.

11am - 11.30am
Schnews - raiders of the lost archive
A collection of SchNews films held by Sussex Police for over a year following the confiscation of equipment during the Smash EDO campaign.

11.30am - 12 noon
Reel News
Short features on: Tower Hamlets joint strike action; Southampton council strike and Electricians’ demos building for unofficial action.

12noon -1.30pm
The Taqwacores
Yusef, a first-generation Pakistani student, moves off-campus with a group of Muslim punks. His new "un-orthodox" house mates soon introduce him to Taqwacore - a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene. The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while it continues to host punk parties at night. The Taqwacores deals with the complexities of being young and Muslim in modern-day America.

1.30pm -3.30pm
‘Just Do It’ (subtitled) plus Q+A session ( subtitled)
Just Do It lifts the lid on climate activism and the daring troublemakers who have crossed the line to become modern-day outlaws. Emily James' film follows these activists over a year as they blockade factories, attack coal power stations and glue themselves to the trading floors of international banks despite the threat of arrest.The film has just had its DVD release and you can pick up a copy at the screening.
( subtitled)

3.30pm - 4.30pm
Reel news
More short features on: Student demos; Stokes Croft and the Tottenham riots.

4.30pm - 6pm
Louise Michel
What to do when the workers of a factory have been laid off overnight? Louise has an original idea: why not pool the compensation money to ... hire a hit man and liquidate the boss? But it is no bed of roses to find the one who actually made the decision to close the factory.
(subtitled)