15 May – Black Ice
Manchester Film Cooperative, in co-operation with Manchester Greenpeace would like to invite you to a screening of the film Black Ice. We will be joined by Phil Ball, one of the Arctic 30.
When the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise set sail to protest the first ever oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean, none of the people on board could have known what was coming. Seized at gunpoint by Russian special forces, the ‘Arctic 30’ were thrust into headlines all over the world, facing up to 15 years in prison and finding themselves at the centre of a bitter international dispute.
With the eyes of the world upon them, Russia charged the crew, from 18 different countries, with piracy and hooliganism in the most ruthless response from a national government against an NGO in a quarter of a century. Their imprisonment, which saw worldwide media cast the Arctic 30 in the same mould as political prisoners like Pussy Riot and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, lasted months. However, their resolve to try and stop oil drilling in the Arctic was never broken.
Complete with never-before-seen footage and behind-the-scenes access, ‘Black Ice’ tells the story of the Arctic 30 from the moment they set sail to protest at the controversial Prirazlomnaya oil platform, to their arrest, imprisonment… and what happened next.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QmNyNPd76nI
Time: Bar and Cafe open from 6pm. Screening begins at 7:00pm.
Admission: Solidarity (optional) £7, Regular £5, Student/low wage £3, Unwaged: donation.
