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Woodlands Community Anti-Racist Film Club - The Last Tree (2019)

  • Flourish House 23-25 Ashley Street Glasgow, Scotland, G3 6DR United Kingdom (map)

TITLE


Woodlands Community Anti-Racist Film Club


WHEN


Tuesday 24th October


TIME


5.30-9pm

5.30pm – doors open

6pm – screening starts

8pm - discussion


WHERE


Flourish House

23-25 Ashley Street

Glasgow

G3 6DR


COST


All the screenings for the Anti-Racist Film Club are based on a Pay What You Can sliding scale. You can choose to pay £0-8. Below are suggestions on how to decide what to pay but please be honest with yourself about your situation and what feels possible for you


£0

I frequently worry about meeting my basic needs and don’t always achieve them


£4

I sometimes worry about meeting my basic needs but mostly achieve them


£8

I can comfortably meet all my basic needs and have expendable income



MORE INFO


The Last Tree (2019)

Running time 99 mins

Rating 15

Language English


October’s offering for the Woodlands Community Anti-Racist Film Club is The Last Tree, a coming of age film. The importance of knowing who you are by knowing your roots is a concept familiar many. In his film, The Last Tree, director Shola Amoo, explores this theme in his semi-autobiographical tale of Femi. But for Femi, the quest to gain a sense of who he is, to belong, is not a matter of idle or cosy curiosity. Instead it goes to the heart of his life – and his lack of roots very nearly completely sabotages his future and costs him his life.

A British boy of Nigerian heritage, Femi was raised through his early years in foster care in rural Lincolnshire – an idyllic childhood of playing outdoors with friends, freedom and community. Abruptly removed from all he knows, his biological mother takes Femi, as a young teen, to live with her in inner-city London. Yet the lack of sure foundations – the damaged bonds, the cultural and generational clash between mother and son – are not easily repaired.

Shola Amoo recognises this sense of conflict, of different identities wrestling inside a person, and of the time it takes to make sense of them, as you grow up.



Watch the trailer here.


After the screening there will be time to discuss the film and surrounding issues. The film club aims to be a place of support and belonging for People of Colour and a place where white allies can take responsibility for their own learning. We hope to raise searching questions and explore issues in a supportive environment. It’s OK to make mistakes but please own your mistakes. 


The screening will take place at Flourish House. This is a wheelchair accessible space. The film will be captioned and some light refreshments will be available. 


Flourish House is a short walk from a First Bus no.4 bus stop and St George’s Cross subway station. There are limited parking spaces directly outside the building along with parking payment meters.



HOW TO BOOK

Book via Eventbrite here

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