Docklands Cinema Club
Watch a great film every month screened in our Grade I listed Georgian warehouse. Enjoy drinks, popcorn and film introductions by leading writers, directors, critics and fans.
Border Film Series
With the Museum of London Docklands based at the site of a former port, where better to explore the divisive issue of the policing of national borders. Introductions and post film discussions hosted by Professor John Hutnyk, Maria-Jose Pantoja, Leila Whitley and Rachel Palmer from the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College.
All screenings are FREE, just turn up.
In This World (2002)
Sun 23 Jun, 2-4pm (15)
Introduced by Rachel Palmer/Leila Whitley
Chaired by John Hutnyk
This semi-fictional docu-drama follows the attempted escape of two Afghan refugees along the ‘silk road’ through Pakistan, Iran and Turkey towards London. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.
District 9 (2009)
Sun 21 Jul, 2-4pm (15)
Introduced by Rachel Palmer
Chaired by John Hutnyk
The Academy Award nominated sci-fi thriller set in a militarized refugee camp in Johannesburg, South Africa, drawing on real life events from the apartheid era.
