Screening: Nick Broomfield

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Screening: Behind the Rent Strike (1974, 50') Behind the Rent Strike (1974) deals with the rent strike undertaken by 3000 tenants in Kirkby New Town, near Liverpool, shortly before Christmas 1973, as a protest against the Housing Finance Bill. The documentary combines analysis of the social conditions of the time with interviews between Broomfield and local residents. 7pm Discussion: Documenting Lenton Flats Tracey McMaster (Rubber Goat Films) is joined in conversation by Tricia Gardiner (Greenshoots, Nottingham) and Chris Weir (Heritage Talks) to discuss the processes in producing the documentary Flat: The Story of the Lenton Tower Blocks, which details the history of the Lenton Flats tower blocks in Nottingham. Free, The Space