CANCELLED: Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival: Rex Bloomstein Documentaries

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MANCHESTER CRIME AND JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL: Rex BLOOMSTEIN DOCUMENTARIES_ _ DATE: Thursday 4th June 2020 Time:            15.00 - CRIME AND THE CAMERA             17.00 - A SECOND CHANCE  LOCATION: No 70 Oxford Street TICKETS: Free – Available on Eventbrite Manchester charity Back on Track's [http://www.backontrackmanchester.org.uk/catering/] catering social enterprise - _Swan Kitchen_ – are providing a POP-UP CAFÉ staffed by disadvantaged people getting the skills and experience they need to build a better future. _Come along early_ and _show your support_ by _relaxing _with a coffee and a delicious bite to eat before the screening. CLOSING EVENTS - Thurs 4th June Free No 70 Oxford Street We are very pleased to announce that acclaimed documentary film-maker REX BLOOMSTEIN will be closing this year’s festival with two special events.  CRIME AND THE CAMERA – 15.00 -16.00  FREE  NO 70 OXFORD STREET Beginning from the mid 1970’s to the present day. Rex will show excerpts from his considerable body of work, explain the motivations behind his features and the recount challenges of filming difficult subjects.   A SECOND CHANCE 17.00  FREE  NO 70 OXFORD STREET In his latest feature documentary Rex, in collaboration with the Timpson Group, A Second Chance casts a spotlight onto former prisoners. It is a film about hope. Exploring the transformative power of work for those who genuinely want to change, it tells the heart-breaking and uplifting stories of both serving and ex-prisoners struggling to turn their lives around.  This film will be introduced by SIR MARTIN NAREY, the former Director General of the Prison Service, first Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service and Visiting Professor at Manchester Met’s POLICY, EVALUATION AND RESEARCH UNIT (PERU). Martin was inspired to join the Service after watching Rex’s 1981 BBC documentary about Strangeways, Manchester’s then notorious Victorian prison. Rex and Darren Burns from the Timpson Group will be on hand for the post screening Q & A.  THE MANCHESTER CRIME AND JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL 2020 Welcome to this year’s festival sponsored by the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University and curated by staff from the university’s Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU). Building on last year’s success - we’ve gone _larger_ – while keeping true to our mission – screening great films which provoke debate and provide an alternative take on crime, justice and punishment in the 21st century. In this year’s programme we’ve brought you an eclectic mix of CRIME CLASSICS AND LESSER KNOWN GEMS CHOSEN BY _crime experts and film enthusiasts. _ They will be on hand to introduce their movie choice and answer your questions at the Q and A sessions after each screening. This year we’re pleased to be working with an equally eclectic mix of enthusiastic and committed partners. We are grateful for their support and help. _See you at the movies_ - your festival team: Kevin Wong, Gavin Bailey and Lucy Simpson __ CHECK OUT ALL THE OTHER EVENTS IN THE MANCHESTER CRIME AND JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL 2020! CRIME AND JUSTICE LEARNING FAIR DATE: Wednesday 18th March 2020 TIME: 1pm – 5pm LOCATION: Geoffrey Manton Building TICKETS: Free – Available on Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crime-and-justice-networking-and-learning-fair-tickets-83626112955] Doing what ‘_it says on the tin’ _the Fair will provide opportunities for criminal justice professionals, volunteers and service users to find out more about what we all do in an informal and relaxed environment.   _I BELIEVE IN YOU_ (1952) DATE: Wednesday 18th March 2020 TIME: 5pm - 7.30pm LOCATION: LB01, Number 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH TICKETS: Free – Available on Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manchester-crime-and-justice-film-festival-i-believe-in-you-1952-tickets-83177673661] Our opening movie is a forgotten 1952 Ealing Classic with a title that captures the essence of the lead character - the sympathetic probation officer played by Cecil Parker, looking out for a troubled young man and woman played by Harry Fowler and Joan Collins.   _AMERICAN PSYCHO _(2000)  DATE: Wednesday 25h March 2020 TIME: 5.30pm - 8pm LOCATION: LB01, Number 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH TICKETS: Free – Available on Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manchester-crime-and-justice-film-festival-american-psycho-2000-tickets-83178458007] Based on the 1991 Brett Easton-Ellis novel, this cult movie charts the life of wall street banker and serial killer Patrick Bateman and has been described as a neo-noir satirical psychological horror film.   STUDENT CHOICE:_ SHOPLIFTERS_ (2018) DATE: Wednesday 1st April 2020 TIME: 5.30pm - 8pm LOCATION: LB01, Number 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH TICKETS: Free – Available on Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manchester-crime-and-justice-film-festival-shoplifters-2018-tickets-83180058795] Chosen by PhD student Charlotte Gislam. _Shoplifters_ (2018) gives audiences a different perspective on crime families. The Shibatas, living in the outskirts of Toyko, gain no status through their crimes, which are motivated by desperation. The film examines right and wrong, found family, and which crimes are worse than others.   _HOT FUZZ _(2007) DATE: Saturday 25th April 2020 TIME: 11.30am - 3.30pm OR 1.45pm - 5.30pm  LOCATION:  Greater Manchester Police Museum TICKETS: £3 - Available on the Online Shop [https://buyonline.mmu.ac.uk/product-catalogue/events/rah/manchester-crime-and-justice-film-festival-hot-fuzz-2007] In partnership with the Greater Manchester Police Museum. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost play police officers attempting to solve a series of mysterious deaths in a West Country village. Includes tour of Greater Manchester Police Museum. FAN’S CHOICE:_ TWELVE ANGRY MEN_ (1957) DATE: Wednesday 6th May 2020 TIME: 17.30pm - 20.00pm LOCATION: LB01, Number 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH TICKETS: Free – Available on Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manchester-crime-and-justice-film-festival-twelve-angry-men-1957-tickets-94363767569] Chosen by fans from last year’s festival. In this classic American courtroom drama, twelve men deliberate the conviction or acquittal of an 18-year old defendant on the basis of reasonable doubt, forcing them to question their own morals and values.   _LE TROU (THE HOLE)_ (1960) DATE: Thursday 14th May 2020 TIME: 17.30pm - 20.00pm LOCATION: LB01, Number 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH TICKETS: Free – Available on Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manchester-crime-and-justice-film-festival-le-trou-the-hole-1960-tickets-94367420495] Directed by French legend Jaques Becker and hailed as a masterpiece by Francois Truffaut, _Le Trou_ is based on a novel by an ex-con, and in turn, on a real-life escape from Le Sante prison in Paris.   _LA ISLA MINIMA (MARSHLAND) _(2014) DATE: Wednesday 20th May 2020 TIME: 17.30pm - 20.00pm LOCATION: Instituto Cervantes TICKETS: Free – Available on Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manchester-crime-and-justice-film-festival-la-isla-minima-marshland-tickets-94369709341] In 1980, Madrid homicide detectives Pedro Suarez and Juan Robles are sent to a 'backwater' town on the Guadalquivir Marshes in Spain's 'Deep South' to investigate the disappearance of two teenage sisters during the town's festivities.   PRISONER’S CHOICE_: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER_ (1993) DATE: Thursday 21st May 2020 TIME: 17.30pm - 20.00pm LOCATION: No 70 Oxford Street TICKETS: Free – Available on Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manchester-crime-and-justice-film-festival-prisoners-choice-in-the-name-of-the-father-tickets-94371107523] In partnership with education organisation Novus and HMP/YOI Thorncross, _In the Name of the Father _was chosen by learners at HMP/YOI Thorncross. A man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.   CLOSING EVENT: REX BLOOMSTEIN DOCUMENTARIES DATE: Thursday 4th June 2020 TIME: 15.00 - Crime and the camera 17.00 - _A Second Chance_ LOCATION: No 70 Oxford Street TICKETS: Free – Available on Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manchester-crime-and-justice-film-festival-rex-bloomstein-documentaries-tickets-94371552855] We are very pleased to announce that acclaimed documentary film-maker Rex BLOOMSTEIN will be closing this year’s FESTIVAL WITH TWO SPECIAL EVENTS. In CRIME AND THE CAMERA, Rex will show excerpts from his considerable body of work, explain the motivations behind his features and the recount challenges of filming difficult subjects. In _A SECOND CHANCE_, Rex will explore the transformative power of work for those who genuinely want to change. The film tells the heart-breaking and uplifting stories of both serving and ex-prisoners struggling to turn their lives around. CHECK OUT THE FULL FESTIVAL PROGRAM HERE: https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/events/detail/index.phpid=12941 [https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/events/detail/index.php?id=12941]