EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET

A Community Collaborations Event
Presented in partnership with Iowa City Foreign Relations Council (ICFRC), with support from Iowa City Compassion, Immigrant Welcome Network of Johnson Country, Prairielands Freedom Fund, Escucha Mi Voz, Open Heartland and International Rescue Committee.
Before the screening there will be tabling in the lobby, as well as brief introductions from local organizations that provide legal services and other support to immigrants.
“At a time when battles are raging to preserve the right to protest, and in the year of Minnesota citizens uniting to resist ICE, this episode of neighbourhood history has international resonance.”—Jonathan Romney, Financial Times
“Told tightly and succinctly, it's an inspiring piece of work, enhanced by the diverse collection of voices assembled as first-hand witnesses.”—Liz Shannon Miller, Consequence
“Framing the movie through the hourslong standoff between police and protesters, Bustos Sierra departs from that ticking-clock narrative to fill viewers in on the history behind the apparently out-of-nowhere show of support.”—Sam Adams, Slate
Anti-establishment struggles and activism run in the veins of Glasgow inhabitants. So when In May 2021, a U.K. Home Office raid is launched at dawn on the first day of Eid, it triggers one of the most spontaneous acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to Kenmure Street to stop the deportation of their neighbours.