Route Irish Introduced By Ken Loach
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Mon 29 October 2012 // 20:00
(Mon 29th / 8pm / £5/4)
(Ken Loach / UK / 109 minutes / certificate 15)
Route Irish, Ken Loach's 2011 thriller, follows ex-mercenary Fergus as he tries to find the truth behind the death in Iraq of Frankie, his friend and
fellow-mercenary. The film explores the role of private security firms and the effect of the occupation of Iraq both on the occupiers and the occupied. It's estimated that there were around 160,000 foreign contractors in Iraq at the height of the occupation; perhaps as many as 50,000, were heavily armed security personnel. The conduct of the unjust and illegal war, and the occupation afterwards, would have been impossible without them. The film portrays a tight, claustrophobic world where instability reigns and people are pawns in a dangerous game.
This showing is presented by Bristol Stop The War Coalition. Newsflash: Ken Loach will be at the Cube to introduce the film.
For more information email bristolstopwar@hotmail.com
(Ken Loach / UK / 109 minutes / certificate 15)
Route Irish, Ken Loach's 2011 thriller, follows ex-mercenary Fergus as he tries to find the truth behind the death in Iraq of Frankie, his friend and
fellow-mercenary. The film explores the role of private security firms and the effect of the occupation of Iraq both on the occupiers and the occupied. It's estimated that there were around 160,000 foreign contractors in Iraq at the height of the occupation; perhaps as many as 50,000, were heavily armed security personnel. The conduct of the unjust and illegal war, and the occupation afterwards, would have been impossible without them. The film portrays a tight, claustrophobic world where instability reigns and people are pawns in a dangerous game.
This showing is presented by Bristol Stop The War Coalition. Newsflash: Ken Loach will be at the Cube to introduce the film.
For more information email bristolstopwar@hotmail.com