Film: "Everybody to Kenmure Street" (in association with Tower Hamlets Stand Up to Racism)
The film follows the events of a 2021 Home Office immigration raid on Kenmure Street in Glasgow's Pollokshields neighbourhood at dawn on the day of Eid al-Fatir. Local residents gathered to prevent the detention of individuals, with hundreds surrounding the Home Office van. Through crowd-sourced footage, archival material, and dramatised scenes, the documentary presents a chronological account of the protest, which successfully prevented the detention.
The film was awarded the Al Jazeera Documentary Award at Cannes Docs, and has Emma Thompson voicing the part of a participant who wished to remain anonymous, a subject known in the film only as "Van Man," an activist who launched the protest by climbing under the van and wrapping his arm around one of the axles. It also won the Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance at its premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
“This is a film that will have you punching the air”
— ★★★★★ The Herald
“A spirited and imperative portrait of collective action… a crucial documentary”
— RogerEbert.com
“It’s a morale boosting film”
— ★★★★ The Guardian
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