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TIPPING POINT FILM FUND – Press Preview Screening of Just Do It – A Tale of Modern-Day Outlaws - followed by Q&A with Director Emily James

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:39:57 GMT

Ahead of its release on 15th July, TPFF Film Club is screening ‘Just Do It’ – a tale of modern-day outlaws - a feature documentary by Emily James about environmental direct action. Emily James will be taking part in a Q&A following the screening.

TIPPING POINT FILM FUND – Free Screening of Naomi Klein’s ‘The Take’

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:38:27 GMT

To mark the Co-operatives Fortnight initiative (25th June – 9th July), TPFF is screening ‘The Take’ – a powerful and moving film made by Naomi Klein about auto-workers in Buenos Aires who take control over their destiny when the collapse of their banks and economy leaves the nation in shock.

Tipping Point Film Fund Hosts Screening of Oscar-winning Documentary ‘Inside Job’

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:27:04 GMT

Charles Ferguson’s film about the origins of the financial crash is a damning condemnation of the banking industry and its role in the financial meltdown of 2008. Premiered at the Cannes film festival in 2010, selected for many festivals worldwide and narrated by Matt Damon, the film traces the connections between government and financial institutions, as well as theoretically independent academics, showing how they combined to trigger excessive profit-taking and endanger the wider economy.

As public anger continues to be felt over ongoing banking bonuses being paid while the rest of us deal with the fall-out, Tipping Point Film Fund hosts a screening of this highly informative film at the Lexi Cinema on Monday 28th March at 7.45pm.

To Mark Fairtrade Fortnight, Tipping Point Film Fund Screens Philippe Diaz’s film The End of Poverty?

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:37:31 GMT

As Fairtrade sales go from strength to strength, Tipping Point Film Fund screens this thought-provoking film at the Lexi Cinema on Monday 28th February at 8pm.

The End of Poverty? released in 2009 and selected for 25 international film festivals around the world, including Critics Weeks at Cannes, this film by award-winning director, Philippe Diaz, narrated by Martin Sheen, is a daring, thought-provoking and timely film from the Cinema Libre Studio in the USA.

‘Inside the Revolution’ at the Inn on the Green

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:59:21 GMT

Tipping Point Film Fund and Alborada.net will jointly host an evening of Latin American music and a screening of Pablo Navarrete’s 2009 documentary ‘Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela’, on Tuesday 26 October at the Inn on the Green in Ladbroke Grove.

The film will be followed by a Tipping Point Film Fund hosted Q&A and panel discussion with the director, Pablo Navarrete, and editor-in-chief of Pambazuka News, Firoze Manji.

From 9pm, there will be Latin and African music from acclaimed Afro-Venezuelan percussionist, William Cumberbache, and Movimientos’ DJ Arias.

Films for Black History Month with Dr. Robert Beckford

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:38:57 GMT

To celebrate Black History Month, Tipping Point Film Fund will be hosting a double bill screening of Robert Beckford’s Channel 4 documentaries, The Empire Pays Back and Great African Scandal, at The Bernie Grant Arts Centre on Thursday 28 October at 7.30pm.

The films will be followed by a Q&A with Dr. Robert Beckford – an opportunity to explore the range of issues raised in both films, from reparation for Jamaica to the impact of IMF and World Bank policies on Ghana.

Tipping Point Film Fund promotes the power of film as a campaigning tool to bring about political and social change. Robert’s films help to do just that, by exposing and challenging the inequity in the relationship between rich and poor countries and raising timely questions about the extent to which former colonies have truly shaken off colonial shackles and secured real economic independence.

Dr. Robert Beckford is an academic and award winning broadcaster based in Birmingham. He has authored half-a-dozen books in the field of theology and culture and made over 20 documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4, averaging two films per year with Channel 4, becoming a regular fixture on the prime time television slots of Christmas Day and Easter Sunday.

The Empire Pays Back
"I believe African slaves were ripped off by the British Empire. I want to know who bankrolled it, who insured it and who made a mint from it". Beckford believes that Britain should pay reparations to the descendants of slaves, and hires a team of experts to put a monetary figure on the amount owing. In the process, he details how institutions such as the Bank of England, Guys’ Hospital, HSBC, Barclays and the National Gallery all have slavery in their histories. The final figure put on the amount owing will shock!

Great African Scandal
In this thought-provoking documentary, made with the help of Christian Aid, Robert Beckford undertakes a challenging, emotional journey to Ghana in West Africa. This is where, two centuries ago, Robert Beckford’s ancestors were seized and taken as slaves to Jamaica. Now he is making a journey to the land of his roots to discover the hidden costs of rice, chocolate and gold.

Working alongside local people, Robert struggles to survive on the average wage of 60p a day. He asks why, 50 years after independence, this country, which is rich in minerals and is a stable democracy, is still one of the poorest in the world.

He examines the activities of multinational corporations, as well as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, to find out whether they have actually made countries like Ghana worse off. And, most importantly, he asks how we, as consumers and citizens, can make a difference.

Tipping Point Film Club launches with 'Life and Debt'

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:17:52 GMT

Tipping Point Film Fund is launching the TPFF Film Club at The Lexi Cinema in Kensal Rise on Monday 20 September with a screening of Stephanie Black’s award-winning ‘Life and Debt‘, re-released by Axiom Films on DVD this summer. The film, which starts at 7.15pm, will be followed by a panel discussion entitled ‘When will rich countries own up to their responsibility in keeping developing nations poor in order to grow their own wealth?’

Wickham Festival to screen social issue documentaries, 6-7 August

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:32:14 GMT

This year at Wickham Festival, The Co-operative supported Tipping Point Film Fund and Good With Film will screen powerful and provocative cinematic documentaries including Black Gold, Jeremy Hardy versus the Israeli Army, Burma VJ and The Yes Men Fix the World. The screenings will take place at the Groovy Movie Picture House on 6-7 August.

Oliver Stone's 'South of the Border' at The Lexi Cinema, followed by ‘radical Latin American leaders' debate

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:40:31 GMT

Tipping Point Film Fund will host a screening of the new Oliver Stone film ‘South of the Border’ on the film’s opening weekend, Friday 30 July. The film, which starts at 6.15pm, is showing at The Lexi Cinema in Kensal Rise and will be followed by a panel discussion entitled Radical Latin American leaders – what’s to be afraid of?

Lounge on the Farm to screen social issue documentaries using solar power

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:54:58 GMT

This year at the Lounge on the Farm festival in Kent, The Co-operative supported Tipping Point Film Fund and Good With Film will screen powerful and provocative cinematic documentaries including, Jeremy Hardy versus the Israeli Army, Dirty Oil and The Yes Men Fix the World. The screenings, which are powered by solar, will take place at the Groovy Movie Picture House between 10 and 11 July.