Waltz With Bashir (2008)
Part of the Medact - Global Health season
2:00 p.m. Sunday March 14 2010
Directed by Ari Folman
Certificate BBFC 18
Length: 86 mins
Language: English
Format: Unknown
Other films in the season:
Sunday 3 February 2008
The War Game + Discussion (1965)
3:00 p.m.
Describing a 'limited' nuclear attack in Kent, this 1965 film is now widely recognised as an excellent piece of work, although it was kept off TV screens until 1985. Film followed by a discussion organised by Tyneside Medact. More »
Sunday 6 July 2008
Peace Of Mind
2:00 p.m.
Middle East Peace Film More »
Sunday 19 October 2008
Lord Of War (2005)
3:00 p.m.
Nicholas Cage plays the antiheroic protagonist, an illegal arms dealer with similarities to Russian arms dealers Viktor Bout and Leonid Minin. The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the trafficking of weapons by the international arms industry. More »
Sunday 1 February 2009
Swimming Against The Tide (2007)
3:00 p.m.
How is it possible that Cuba has achieved so much in the health of its population with so few resources?
Followed by a speaker from Medact.
More »
Sunday 10 May 2009
The Age Of Stupid (2009)
3:00 p.m.
A drama-documentary-animation hybrid which stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
More »
Sunday 8 November 2009
Life On Earth Perhaps (1985)
3:00 p.m.
A short cartoon film by Oliver Postgate that compares the behaviour of people with the behaviour of nations, focusing on the dangers of war in a nuclear age.
Followed by a speaker discussion on nuclear disarmament.
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Sunday 14 March 2010
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
2:00 p.m.
Waltz with Bashir (Hebrew: ואלס עם באשיר - Vals Im Bashir) is a 2008 Israeli animated documentary film written and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories from the 1982 Lebanon War. To be followed by a talk with Miri Weingarten of Israeli Physicians for Human Rights.
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Sunday 10 October 2010
Signs For Hope (2010)
2:00 p.m.
A short film in which young people express their hopes for a future without nuclear weapons and war, and UK policy makers and disarmament experts talk about what is being done internationally, followed by a speaker from ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons). More »