Free Film and Discussion

bristol | media and culture | event notice Monday October 19, 2009 13:15 by Trapeser - trapese popular education collective

builders refuse to develope green spaces

Trapese Collective Host Rocking the Foundations, as part of the course Start Producing the Future.
In the reading room 6.15 pm Thursday 22nd October
Arnolfini,16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA

An outstanding historical account of the Green Bans first introduced by the New South Wales Builders Labourers Federation in the 1970s in response to community demand to preserve inner- city parkland and historic buildings. One of the first women to be accepted as a builders labourer, filmmaker Pat Fiske traces the development of a quite singular union whose social and political activities challenged the notion of what a union should be.

ROCKING THE FOUNDATIONS

“An exhilarating and complete account of the Green Bans - one of the most important developments in union history. An uplifting film for the sheer energy of the people involved.”
- John Hinde, ABC  Radio.