Free Party: a Folk History + Q&a

An independently-made documentary following the birth of the free party movement in the late 80s and early 90s UK and the social, political and cultural impact it's had on our present times. The film follows the inception of the movement, a meeting between urban ravers and the new age travellers during Thatcher's last days in power, and the explosive years that followed, leading up the infamous Castlemorton free festival in 1992 - the largest ever illegal rave, which provoked the drastic change of the laws of trespass with the notorious introduction of the Criminal Justice Act in 1994. Eschewing big name DJ sound-bites, this exhilarating modern-day folktale is told exclusively by those who were in the thick of it.

Director Aaron Trinder will join us for a post-screening Q&A.

Presented by Doc'N Roll Film Festival.

Two screenings at 18:00 and 19:00

Photo credit: Alan Tash Lodge