FILM: Everybody to Kenmure Street

Glasgow residents abandon their daily routines to gather on Kenmure Street after learning authorities plan to deport their neighbours, sparking an impromptu grassroots movement. 7.8IMDB “community triumphs in inspiring retelling of 2021 Glasgow protest. Emma Thompson voices the anonymous ‘Van Man’ in a documentary about local people standing their ground against heavy-handed immigration enforcement.” The Guardian In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Pollokshields, Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours. Winner: Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance Neighbours and activists rush to surround an immigration van detaining two residents in Scotland’s most diverse community. Everybody to Kenmure Street is an intense, ground-level, and ultimately joyous account of the standoff with the police and the UK Home Office. The film celebrates collective action, looking to the stories that led to that day and the historic events that have shaped this community. Option to pay-as-you-feel on the day or usual ticket prices Everybody to Kenmure Street – official trailer