A documentary about a Glasgow protest that successfully stopped two Sikh men being taken away by immigration officers will open the city’s film festival next month.<\/p>\n
Everybody To Kenmure Street is centred on the events of 13 May 2021, when a Home Office raid in Pollokshields prompted hundreds of locals to take to the area’s Kenmure Street<\/a>.<\/p>\n The two men were released from a van after protesters surrounded the vehicle for several hours.<\/p>\n The new film is directed by Bafta-winning Glasgow filmmaker Felipe Bustos Sierra and uses crowd-sourced footage from the day, along with archive film and set-designed scenes featuring actors relaying the testimonies of people who wanted to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n It will receive its gala UK premiere on 25 February at the Glasgow Film Theatre, launching the 22nd edition of the film festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bustos Sierra, who previously directed the documentary Nae Pasaran<\/a>, about how a boycott by East Kilbride Rolls Royce factory workers helped end General Pinochet’s regime in 1970s Chile, said he could not wait for his new film to be shown to a hometown crowd in Glasgow.<\/p>\n He added: “This film is a snapshot of a day, of a neighbourhood, and of gestures repeated through time, for the right to have a voice and to live in peace. <\/p>\n “Glasgow’s long history of civil disobedience and meaningful change has been a barometer throughout the making of this film. I cannot wait to watch it at the GFT <\/a>with its hometown audience, for whom we can only hope it’ll be a joyful reminder of what a beacon they can be in uncertain times.”<\/p>\n Paul Gallagher, the head of programme for the film festival, said the new film was hugely inspiring and tells a story “pertinent for the whole world right now”.<\/p>\n The film is executive produced by two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson and is slated for a full cinema release in March.<\/p>\n