Wednesday 18th February 2015
George McBean

Former UNICEF Head of Graphics George McBean  will be giving a workshop for students and then hosting a private view of his ongoing retrospective, The Insurgent Artist, in the Glass Tank, followed by a Q&A  session. For free tickets to the private view and Q&A please contact Glass Tank Curator Joanna Walker.
George McBean featured in New Internationalist.

3pm    Graphics workshop with        
            students from the schools of
            Art and Architecture at
            Oxford Brookes University.
7pm    Private view and Q&A with
            George McBean. For free
            tickets please contact Glass
            Tank Curator Joanna Walker.

Thursday 19th February 2015
Refugees

With conflicts, wars and crisis situations erupting all over the world, there are more and more people that try to escape, people that are looking for a safe haven. What are the challenges that they face and how they are treated in their adoptive country? Will they always be strangers in a strange land?
New Internationalist migrant detention issue.

1pm    Short films in the Glass Tank
            Gardens of St. George
            Bristol Bike Project
7pm    Documentary feature in the
            Chakrabarti Room, JHBB
            Evaporating Borders

Friday 20th February 2015
Women's Rights

Discrimination against women is an issue which affects all of us. It is a social and political issue as well as, all too often, a physical and emotional one. We will be looking at how women have been treated in societies as diverse as Afghanistan and the United States of America and what has been and can be done about it.
New Internationalist feminism issue.

1pm    Short films in the Glass Tank
            A Handful of Ash
            To Kill A Sparrow
3pm    Feature in the
            Main Lecture Theatre, Clerici
            Made in Dagenham
7pm    Documentary feature in the 
            Chakrabarti Room, JHBB
            Private Violence

Saturday 21st February 2015
Politics & Revolution

Featuring movies such as Syria Inside and The Fifth Estate, the final day of the festival aims to look at human rights from a governmental point of view. How do our leaders protect us? How do they threaten our security? With film screenings covering events and ideas from across the world, poetry and talks, this is the climax of the festival.
New Internationalist politics articles.

1pm    Documentary feature in the 
            Chakrabarti Room, JHBB
            Syria Inside
3pm    Documentary feature in the 
            Chakrabarti Room, JHBB
            Infiltrators
5pm    A lecture by Professor Roger             Griffin in the Chakrabarti                 Room, JHBB
            Longing to Belong:      
            transcultural humanism & 
            identity in modern Britain
6pm    Poetry with Back Room                     Poets in the Chakrabarti                     Room, JHBB
7pm    Blockbuster feature in the 
            Chakrabarti Room, JHBB
            The Fifth Estate