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.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Sun 26 May, 2-4pm (15)
Introduced by Rachel Palmer
Chaired by John Hutnyk
Winner of the Best Actor and Best Screenplay awards at Cannes 2005, Tommy Lee Jones’ directorial debut follows the story of Pete Perkins, a ranch foreman in the high desert of west Texas who undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.
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.
