Join us for an evening of local short films, song, and community spirit – celebrating voices of resistance, local activism, and solidarity.
Programme:
Thursday, 9 October at 5pm - 7pm
Join us for PART 2 of our LOCAL RESISTANCE FILM PROGRAMME.
Join us for food, 3 short films, followed with some poetry. In the second of four special events, we celebrate local activism, community spirit and solidarity through powerful stories and poetry.
Programme:
5:00pm: Welcome & Soup in the Mezzanine (first floor)
5:30pm: Film Screenings:
The X in Scotland - Issues of Race in Scotland ( 10mins)
Old Enough To Know Better - Youth Activism (30 min)
Nea Passaran
6:30pm: Poetry
Free admission.
This is a free event, curated by the NEA Film Group with Project Esperanza for Local Cinema Network's programme "LOCAL RESISTANCE" , which includes events in Wester Hailes, Craigmillar and Leith, September - December 2025.
NB: these events are part of Art For Grown Ups' wider, Creative Resistance Project in collaboration with National Galleries of Scotland and Royston Wardieburn Arts & Culture Group.
Look out for our exhibition at the Portrait Gallery in November, social history displays in the NEA Cafe and a Celebration event on 4th December at NEA
Next up:
October 16th Film & Photography (feature documentary)
October 23rd: Film and creativity
