Join Feminist Fightback for an evening of 'Feminism Past and Present' 6pm, 15th October 2015, Genesis Cinema, London The special screening of 'Suffragette' will be followed by a Q&A with Laura Schwartz (author of Infidel Feminism and historian of the women's suffrage movement at the University of Warwick) and Alice Robson (a member of the […]
Feminist Fightback film club is delighted to have the opportunity to screen 2 amazing short documentaries on the Friday 13th November from 7:30pm at the Common House Rebel Menopause by Adele Tulli : Rebel Menopause is the intimate portrait of Therese Clerc, a french 85 years old woman and a militant feminist whose passion for […]
Feminist Fightback Film Club presents... Je ne suis pas féministe mais Friday 18th March, 7.30-10pm. We'll be screening Sylvie Tissot and Florence Tissot's 2015 documentary about the political life of the French feminist Christine Delphy. The film will be followed by a discussion. Snacks available and we will again have the cheapest bar in East […]
Feminist Fightback Film Club is excited to be screening Ken Loach’s powerful docudrama Cathy Come Home next Friday April 15th at 7.30pm at the Common House. 50 years ago in 1966, the controversy generated by Cathy Come Home led to public outrage at the state of housing in Britain. In 2016, the situation is no […]
'A stage somewhere in Europe: naked women, fake blood, masturbation and screaming' Too Much Pussy! is the roving camera work of French director Emilie Jouvet as she follows a group of queer performance artists on their Queer X Show tour around Europe, portraying a slice of the queer/feminist/punk porn underground and at the same time […]
A different, better USA, to the one that Donald Trump represents. Harlan County USA is Barbara Kopple's powerful 1976 documentary of a coal-mining strike in Kentucky. Years in the making, the film documents the extreme hardship of a community – women and men – fighting for decent wages, safety, the right to organise and the […]
Join Feminist Fightback for a festive screening of The Punk Singer, a film about Bikini Kill/Le Tigre frontwoman Kathleen Hanna. As it's the last screening before Christmas, we'll be doing some dancing afterwards to some riot grrl classics and pop bangers. Say a not very fond farewell to 2016 with us! Entry is a suggested […]
Join London IWW GMB and Feminist Fightback to celebrate International Women's Day with a film sceeening, discussion and some food and drink. We'll be talking about the past, present and future of women in the labour movement - on strike at work and in the home. Talk - Laura Schwartz from Feminist Fightback on the […]
Feminist Fightback present 'Yo Decido: El Tren De La Liberta' (I Decide: The Train of Freedom). In 2013. the Spanish government proposed a radically restrictive change to abortion legislation. Huge protests were held around Spain, with solidarity demos across Europe. This film tells the story of the movement that came together to oppose this threat […]
Ovarian Psycos is about a new generation of fierce, unapologetic and feminist women of color from the Eastside of Los Angeles who confront injustice, build community, and redefine identity through a raucous, irreverently named bicycle crew: The Ovarian Psycos Cycle Brigade. Through the personal stories of the crew’s rabble-rousing founder, Xela de la X, activist, […]
Join Feminist Fightback and United Voices of the World union, whose members have been on strike at LSE. We're screening Waging a Living in London, a film about when UVW members won wage increases for cleaners at the Barbican. We'll also have one of the current LSE strikers talking about the current action, and some […]
For this month's film club, we will be screening the documentary 'I Flew, You Stayed', a personal documentary by a Turkish Kurdish film maker who will be introducing the film. For those who would like to, we will also be hosting our usual political discussion on the films afterwards on Rojava, the oppression of the […]
Feminist Fightback present our Halloween screening of Teeth! Dawn, a teenager who has vowed to remain a virgin until marriage, discovers that her body hides a secret weapon which allows her to exact bloody revenge on men who sexually assault her. Please note, the film contains multiple scenes of sexual assault/rape. You are welcome to […]
Turup (Checkmate) takes as its backdrop the roadside chess matches of working-class communities in Chakki Chouraha, a neighbourhood in the central Indian city of Bhopal. Whilst it’s men who dominate the chess games, the film tells the intertwined stories of three women: a domestic worker named Monika; Neelima, a former journalist struggling with married life; […]
Join us for the first Feminist Fightback Film Club of 2018 where we'll be screening We Are The Best! (2013), a joyful story of three teenage girls in 1980s suburban Stockholm who form a punk bank against the odds. The film was made by Lukas Moodysson, based on Coco Moodysson's autobiographical graphic novel. As ever, […]
In solidarity with and support of the Stansted Defendants, Feminist Fightback will be screening Glasgow Girls for March film club. Glasgow Girls is the true story of young migrant women who, when their friend faced detention and deportation, mobilised their community to fight the Home Office and win. Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g94qPAwP84 Doors open 7.30pm Tickets: […]
"Criminal Queers visualizes a radical trans/queer struggle against the prison industrial complex and toward a world without walls." Criminal Queers is a fictional film by Chris Vargas and Eric E. Stanley which explores how trans and queers struggles intersect with prisoner struggles and with joy and rage pictures "how to abolish the multiple ways our […]
This month's Feminist Fightback film is a french coming of age drama that discusses and challenges conceptions of race, gender and class.
Join us for a special screening of Robin Campillo's 120 Beats Per Minute (2017), which reimagines the lives of AIDS activists in Paris in the 1990s. The film centres on the direct action group ACT UP Paris, and on the love and struggle of its members. We are very excited that a speaker from ACT […]
Join us for a special screening of Agnes Varda’s 1976 feminist musical that follows the lives of two women and the collective struggle to legalise contraception and abortion. A discussion will follow the screening. Suggested donations £2/3/5 un/low/higher waged. Drinks and snacks available.
Join us for a screening of Houda Benyamina's brilliant debut feature, dubbed a ‘feminist Scarface’, following a teenage girl from a Paris banlieu’s devastating attempts to overcome poverty and her close friendship with her best friend. We will have a discussion after the film, and drinks and snacks are available. Doors open at 7pm. Suggested […]
In the month of International Women's Day, Feminist Fightback and London IWW are showing Year of the Beaver, a film about the Grunwick Strike of 1976. The strike at the Grunwick photographic processing plant, with a workforce predominated by Asian women, lasted for 2 years. Year of the Beaver is focused on the experiences of […]
Join Feminist Fightback for our monthly film screening. Exhibiting anger/ joy during the film at oppressive behaviour/ high points of struggle very much encouraged. We always have a discussion after the film, and drinks and snacks are available. We will be showing the pioneering first feature from Menelik Shabazz, one of the most significant artists […]
Feminist Fightback Film Club Presents: Persepolis Join Feminist Fightback for our monthly film screening. Exhibiting anger/ joy during the film at oppressive behaviour/ high points of struggle very much encouraged. We always have a discussion after the film, and drinks and snacks are available. Based on Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about her life in pre […]
Feminist Fightback Film Club Presents: Love and Revolution Two months since the election of the conservative government in Greece, and repression of worker’s rights and autonomous initiatives has begun. Police have invaded the neighbourhood of Exarcheia in Athens and have started shutting down the migrant solidarity squats, sending migrants to detention centres and arresting squatters. […]
Feminist Fightback Film Club Presents: PRIDE PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It's the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mine workers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers' families. The film will be […]
This month, in view of the ongoing events in France, we will be showing two documentaries about the yellow vests in France. The first is the short "A story of police violence in France" by Ross Domoney which tells the story of three lives affected by police violence in France during the Gilets Jaunes protests. […]
Feminist Fightback Film Club Presents: tbc Join Feminist Fightback for our monthly film screening. Exhibiting anger/ joy during the film at oppressive behaviour/ high points of struggle very much encouraged. We always have a discussion after the film, and drinks and snacks are available. Doors open at 7pm. Suggested donation £2 unwaged/ £3 low waged/ […]
In-person screening of Ye Lo Bayaan Humare, followed by a Q & A with the director, Uma Chakravarti, who will join us from India via Zoom. Ye Lo Bayaan Humare | And We Were There 1967-1977 Hindi/Bengali/English | 142 mins (in 2 parts) | 2021 Directed by Uma Chakravarti This is a film about the […]
We are thrilled to be re-starting our bi-monthly film show and discussion at a new location with a screening of Rebel Dykes. Rebel Dykes is a rabble-rousing documentary set in 1980s post-punk London. The unheard story of a community of dykes who met doing art, music, politics and sex, and how they went on to change […]
For this months film screening we will be showing SEAHORSE (2019, 89 mins, Jeanie Finlay), a documentary film about a trans man called Freddy who decides to become pregnant and give birth. The film shows Freddy talking about his transition, decision to become pregnant and traces his experience of pregnancy and labour while navigating the […]
For this month's film screening we will be having a Halloween themed night and showing GINGERSNAPS (2000, 1h48mins, John Fawcett). Feel free to participate in the theme. This cult horror film is about two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighbourhood, who must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by […]
On the lead up to Christmas we will be showing a feel good comedy based on the true story of feminist protests against the 1970 Miss World competition's London final. The 1970 Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by the American comedian Bob Hope. At that time Miss World was the most-watched TV show in the world with […]
Join Peace in India and Feminist Fightback for a screening of the recent BBC documentary, "The Modi Question", which examines the Indian Prime Minister's role in deadly sectarian riots in 2002 and the impact of his government's Hindu supremacist policies on India's Muslim communities. Please register via EventBrite for this screening + discussion with activists […]
This month we will be showing a documentary about events in 1970s that are once again topical. The Janes is a documentary from directors Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes that tells the story of The Jane Collective, which helped thousands of women obtain abortions in the US when they were still illegal in the late 1960s and […]
Join Feminist Fightback for a screening of Palme d'Or winner ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days’ (1h 53m), a Romanian film by Cristian Mungiu, set during the final years of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s rule. Abortion was illegal in Romania at that time, and the film follows friends Otilia and Găbița as they attempt to obtain an […]
Join Feminist Fightback for our Halloween film showing as this year we watch together Ana Lily Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014). Amirpour's black and white debut film has become a cult classic often called the first Iranian vampire western. Set in the fictitious Iranian ghost town of Bad City, the film […]
Join Feminist Fightback for our January film showing as we show In Between (2016, 103min) by Maysaloun Hamoud. In Between follows the lives of three independent Palestinian-Israeli women in Tel Aviv. Away from the constraints of their families and enforced tradition, they find themselves torn between the unfettered lives they aspire to lead and the […]
Join Feminist Fightback for our Easter film showing as we show All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022, 122min) Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is an epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, […]
Join Feminist Fightback for our May film showing as we show Her Job (2018, 90mins) by Nikos Labôt. In this slow-burning film about sexism and female emancipation, Panayiota is an illiterate housewife who gets her first job as a cleaner. Over time, she rises up the ranks and gains her family respect; but danger looms […]
Join Feminist Fightback for our September film showing. This month we are showing Concerning Violence(89min), a 2014 documentary film written and directed by Göran Olsson. Concerning Violence is a bold and fresh visual narrative of African nationalist and independence movements in the 1960s and 1970s based on archive material from Swedish documentaries covering the most […]
Join Feminist Fightback for a lighthearted, festive film screening this November. We’ll be showing Polite Society, a 2023 movie about a rebellious teenager named Ria Khan who tries to save her older sister Lena from an unwanted marriage: Ria, a martial artist-in-training, enlists her friends to help her pull off a wedding heist to prove […]
Join Feminist Fightback together with London Trans Pride for a film showing. This month we are showing Kokomo City(73min), a 2023 documentary film directed by D.Smith. This award winning documentary follows four Black transgender sex workers, who break down the walls of their profession. Holding nothing back, the film vibrates with energy, sex, challenge and […]
Join Feminist Fightback this March for a screening of I am not a witch (2017, 93min) by Zambian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni. Exploring Zambia’s little-known culture of “witch camps,” the film masterfully combines comedy, tragedy, and mesmerizing visuals. A portrait of a defiant young girl, I Am Not a Witch mounts an acerbic critique of women’s oppression […]
Join Feminist Fightback for our May film screening. We will be showing Shoplifters, a 2018 Japanese award winning film written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Shoplifters is a study of family trauma and the fear of poverty. On the margins of Tokyo, a family is united by fierce loyalty and a penchant for petty theft. […]
This July in collaboration with Brazil Matters and the Feminist Assembly of Latin Americans, Feminist Fightback will be screening the Brazilian documentary Incompatible with Life. The 2023 documentary directed by Eliza Capai explores the deeply personal and universal themes of motherhood, prenatal grief, and abortion. The film begins with Capai's own experience of terminating a […]
This August in Brazil Matters, the Feminist Assembly of Latin Americans, Feminist Fightback and Cine Brazil will be continuing our collaboration to screen two more documentaries centering abortion and people's experiences of them. We will be showing two films: Verde-Esperanza and Ours to Tell. Verde-Esperanza: legal abortion in Latin America (2023, 43min) directed by Maria […]
Join Feminist Fightback Filmclub this September as in collaboration with Nanny Solidarity Network we screen Roma (2018, 135mins) by Alfonso Cuarón Roma is an epic film that delivers a vivid, emotional portrait of a domestic worker's journey set against domestic and political turmoil in 1970s Mexico. Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón recreates the early-1970s Mexico City […]
Join Feminist Fightback Filmclub this November to watch The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives (2024, 88min) a gripping documentary that exposes police surveillance of activists, revealing the devastating impact of undercover officers who infiltrated groups, formed intimate relationships, and betrayed trust. For over 40 years, a secret organization spied on British citizens. This secret organization […]
Join us this January as we start the year with a genre-bending comedy to beat the winter blues. Sister Midnight (2024, 110mins) by Karan Kandhari is a film about a misanthropic newlywed giving into her feral impulses which lead her to unlikely situations. Uma travels to Mumbai for a newly arranged marriage. The oddball couple […]
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