- The Screening Rights Film Festival returns to cinema screens in the West Midlands once more, this year as part of University of Warwick's Resonate Festival
- Showcases 11 compelling and thought-provoking films exploring social justice issues around the world
- Screenings at Warwick Arts Centre, The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, FARGO Coventry, and the Midlands Arts Centre
- Watch a trailer for the Screening Rights Film Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAn0w2bk9So
The Screening Rights Film Festival returns to cinemas in the West Midlands from 25 – 28 November, showcasing films that provoke both thought and feelings about today's most pressing issues in social justice.
This year's festival will confront audiences with stories exploring how inequality, conflict and resistance have affected communities across the globe.
Following last year's virtual event, the Screening Rights Film Festival will once again be hosted by venues in the Midlands, with screenings taking place at Warwick Arts Centre, The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, FARGO Coventry, and the Midlands Arts Centre. This year, it forms part of the University of Warwick's Resonate Festival that celebrates Coventry's year as UK City of Culture.
Filled with compelling and thought-provoking screenings, the Midlands' seventh international festival of social justice film continues to explore their potential to change the world by opening them up fully for discussion through high-powered, expert-filled, panels following every screening.
Director of the Screening Rights Film Festival Dr Michele Aaron, of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick, said: "This year's programme aspires, as always, to move us beyond ourselves. Living, as we are, in a time when our responsibility for others' wellbeing has never been so starkly drawn or so obvious, this feels more important than ever."
The festival launches on Thursday 25 November with This Stained Dawn, which follows a tight-knit community of young women in Karachi who are changing the face of their city and its culture through their sometimes quiet, sometimes raging, resistance. It screens at The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum at 7.30pm.
The closing night will feature Courage, an inspiring, encouraging and incredibly timely documentary about the peaceful uprising of Belarus against injustice and the brutal oppression of their democracy movements. It takes place at Warwick Arts Centre on Sunday 28 November at 7.30pm.
For full details and ticket info visit: http://screeningrights.com. Full programme of events for the Screening Rights Film Festival:
Thursday 25 November, 7.30pm at The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum - This Stained Dawn
