To accompany our 50 Years of Rock Against Racism exhibition, and as part of Stand Up To Racism Merseyside’s ‘Film for a Fiver’ series, we are screening ‘Everybody to Kenmure Street’, a documentary about one of Scotland’s most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory.

In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid in the Glasgow district of Pollokshields, one of Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhoods, prompted local residents to rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours.

As word spread in the early morning of what was Eid celebrations for many locals, a handful of protestors swelled to hundreds of people, flooding Kenmure Street and making it impassable to the immigration enforcement van. The eight-hour stand-off made international headlines as the community organised itself in an extraordinary act of peaceful solidarity.

Executive Produced by two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson, Everybody To Kenmure Street paints a multifaceted picture of one of the most memorable moments in Glasgow’s recent history. Directed by BAFTA-winning Glasgow filmmaker Felipe Bustos Sierra, the film uses crowd-sourced footage from the day along with archive film and set-designed scenes captured by cinematographer Kirstin McMahon, featuring actors relaying verbatim the testimonies of contributors who wished to remain anonymous.

The film also features an original score by Barry Burns of Mogwai.

The film will be followed by a Q&A with special guests from Glasgow - political activist and human rights lawyer, Aamer Anwar and Julie Sherry Bruce, resident of Kenmure Street and SUTR national officer.

Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra

Certificate: 12A

Duration: 99 minutes