Monday 19 Apr To Sunday 25 Apr 2010
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Meeting: General Meeting
19 Apr 2010, 6:30 p.m.
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Event: Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
20 Apr 2010, 11 a.m.
We are a group of people who meet together to act collectively to solve problems with the benefits system. Anyone is welcome to join us, particularly people claiming benefits of any sort (e.g. JSA, ESA, DLA, Incapacity Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Carers Allowance, Tax Credits, Pension Credits, etc.), and unemployed workers, unwaged people, etc.
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Film: The Circle (Dayereh) Screening In Support Of Jafar Panahi (2000)
20 Apr 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Jafar Panahi, internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker has been arrested and held without charge following a raid on his Tehran home in March. We're screening one of his films tonight as part of an international campaign to show our support, with cinemas around the world screening his films this week. We're screening The Circle (Dayereh) which won 11 awards internationally including the prestigious Golden Lion in Venice: Set over the course of a single day, Jafar Panahi's powerful film is an ensemble piece that tells the stark tales of several young Iranian women and the harsh society in which they live. Beginning with a childbirth, and the ensuing despair at the discovery that the baby is a girl, the film touches upon the myriad hardships endured by women living in Iran's male dominated world of bureaucracy, constant surveillance and age old inequalities. But even in the midst of this stifling environment, the spirit, strength and courage of the circle of women cannot be extinguished. Panahi's gripping and controversial film is further confirmation that Iranian cinema is now among the most original, vital and exciting in the world. 'Cries out to be seen… Devastating' - THE INDEPENDENT 'Arresting and deeply involving' - EMPIRE 'Powerful' - FILM REVIEW 'Powerful… This is a compelling, humane and deeply serious film' - THE GUARDIAN 'One of the outstanding films of the year' - WHAT'S ON 'Compelling… Essential, if devastating viewing. Don't hesitate' - TIME OUT info taken from Artificial Eye, the films distributors: http://www.artificial-eye.com/film.php?dvd=ART212DVD
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Event: Xxy (35mm)
21 Apr 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Another chance to see the Cannes Critics' Week grand prize winning Argentinian drama about a teenager dealing with being a hermaphrodite.
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Film: Huevos De Oro (Golden Balls) (1993)
22 Apr 2010, 7:30 p.m.
A satire on macho culture and 80s excess, it's a rise and fall sex comedy which seems to represent perfectly a certain vintage of Spanish Film.
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Event: The Life Of Tupsa Grüber With After Party By The Swung Eight Club Night
23 Apr 2010, 8 p.m.
An evening from the past: A play - The Life of Tupsa Grüber - set amongst the political undercurrents of 1930s Germany is followed by a celebration of liberation in the form of a vintage-themed afterparty by The Swung Eight.
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Event: Fundraiser For The Indigenous Communities Affected By The Massacre In Bagua, Peruvian Amazon
24 Apr 2010, 7:30 p.m.
This fundraiser is in the solidarity with Indigenous communities from the Peruvian Amazon who have been struggling for their human and environmental rights against oppressive government who sold 72% of the Peruvian Amazon to the oil and mining companies. 7:30 PM FILM : 'Amazonia For Sale' + speakers form the Newcastle University (Dr. Patricia Oliart) 9:00 PM LIVE PUNK MUSIC
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Film: Escape From New York (1981)
25 Apr 2010, 7:30 p.m.
In this futuristic fight for survival adventure a condemned criminal Snake Plisskin (Kurt Russel) is offered his freedom if he can rescue the President of the United States( Donald Pleasance) from the walled prison island of Manhattan after a terrorist brings down the President's plane. Very influential science fiction.