The-Light-Bulb-Conspiracy-WebManchester Film Co-op would like to invite you to a screening of Cosmia Dannoritzer’s film ‘The Light Bulb Conspiracy” and post screening discussion. This is the story of companies who engineered their products to fail. As the Christmas season approaches and we spend spend spend, take an evening off to contemplate planned obsolescence.

Once upon a time….. products were made to last. Then, at the beginning of the 1920s, a group of businessmen were struck by the following insight: ‘A product that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business’ (1928). Thus Planned Obsolescence was born. Shortly after, the first worldwide cartel was set up expressly to reduce the life span of the incandescent light bulb, a symbol for innovation and bright new ideas, and the first official victim of Planned Obsolescence.

Doors: 18:30 (Film begins 19:00 sharp).

Entry: Solidarity (optional) £7, Regular £5, Student/low wage £3, Unwaged: donation.

Venue: Yard Theatre, 41 Old Birley Street, Hulme, Manchester. M15 5RF.

BrusselsManchester Film Co-operative would like to invite you to a screening of the documentary film The Brussels Business.

In the early 90s two young men discover the enormous influence of lobbying in Brussels. One becomes the leading lobby-watchdog in Brussels, the other one becomes a top lobbyist on world trade issues, representing 50% of the EU’s economy – banks, insurances, telecoms, touristic operators and a wide range of business federations.

By following one’s investigations and the other’s career this film takes us on a journey into the corridors of power of the biggest economy on earth – the European Union. In the form of a docu-thriller, THE BRUSSELS BUSINESS tries to answer a question millions of Europeans ask themselves: Who runs the European Union?

 

Following the screening we have a post film discussion on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). If you want to know more about TTIP and the EU we will have speakers from 38 Degrees, the University of Manchester and Ethical Consumer to ask any questions you might have.

Date: Tuesday 28th October 2014, 7pm.

Admission (includes free popcorn):
£7 – solidarity (optional)
£5 – waged
£3 unwaged/student
Low/No Wage – donations only

Venue: Yard Theatre, 41 Old Birley Street, Hulme, Manchester. M15 5RF

gmo omg posterManchester Film Co-op, in association with GM Free GM and Ethical Consumer, presents the UK Northern Première of GMO OMG, a film by Jeremy Seifert, taking place as part of the Levenshulme Food and Drink Festival.

GMO OMG director and concerned father Jeremy Seifert is in search of answers. How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet, and our freedom of choice? And perhaps the ultimate question, which Seifert tests himself: is it even possible to reject the food system currently in place, or have we lost something we can’t gain back? These and other questions take Seifert on a journey from his family’s table to Haiti, Paris, Norway, and the lobby of agra-giant Monsanto, from which he is unceremoniously ejected. Along the way we gain insight into a question that is of growing concern to citizens the world over: what’s on your plate?

 

Date: Tuesday 24th June 2014

Time: Screening to begin at 8pm prompt.

Admission: £3 waged, £2 unwaged/student.

Venue: Levenshulme Inspire Cafe, 747 Stockport Rd, Manchester, M19 3AR