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Subject: 	[leedssocialcentre] Homeless Film Night-18 Dec
Date: 	Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:31:19 +0000
From: 	Marisa Alvarez <marisawharton at hotmail.com>
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The Common Place Cinema presents…

Homelessness: Everyone’s business

During December and at the peak of the shopping season, The Common Place 
will be hosting a number of events for the city’s homeless. We invite you to 
an evening of films and discussion with charity workers around homelessness 
in Britain.

Sunday 18 December - 5 pm – 9 pm
Free, all welcome @The Common Place, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds (close to the 
market)

5 pm        Shorts
‘On the Other Side of the Street’  (26mins, by Iñigo Garrido and James 
Brown, a Noname Production) Robert Bratton, a homeless person from Glasgow, 
takes a journey to challenge public misconceptions about the nature of both 
homelessness and people who are homeless. While  interviewing politicians, 
actual homeless were directly responsible  for the film content and 
direction.

'Beggar's Belief' (1 min, Dir: Peter Devonald) An affluent good  looking 
man, dressed in immaculate suit and tie, begs on the street: a man, dressed 
in rags, admonishes him. But, who's life is richer?

‘Home and Dry?’  (8 min , 1987) Four women discuss their housing situations 
and although  they've never slept out on the street, they begin to 
understand that homelessness is indeed something they've all experienced. 
The video analyses the inadequacies of housing policies and examines the 
political thinking that lies behind them.

The Director will be introducing his short film
A Man Without A Voice (5mins, Dir: A Whitington)
A WITHINGTON film-maker is making an impact after his short was nominated 
for best film at this year's Salford Film Festival. The film was shot around 
the Ladybarn estate .The short details an incident between a white homeless 
man and an Asian member of public. Suddi wanted to reflect upon the issue of 
homelessness in south Manchester, as well as to illustrate how quickly 
community members, and the viewer of the film itself, can jump to 
conclusions based upon racial and material prejudices.

Break   The Common Place vegan café will  be open.

6.30 pm Talk and discussion with Homeless charity workers, find out what 
charities are doing and how you can get involved.

7.30 pm Cathy come Home  (80 min , Dir Ken Loach, 1966)
Cathy and Reg fall on hard times when Reg is injured at work. They begin a 
slide into poverty, debt and homelessness, until the authorities forcibly 
take Cathy's children away. The controversy generated by Cathy Come Home led 
to public outrage at the state of housing in Britain, and gave a welcome 
boost to the (coincidental) launch of the homelessness charity Shelter a few 
days after the play was first broadcast, as part of the BBC's The Wednesday 
Play strand