Edelweiss Pirates / Cathy Come Home film
Apr 26 2007 01:54
Tuesday 8th May at the NBC Club, Fish Street. 8.00pm
EDELWEISS PIRATES
The story of two teenage brothers living amid the rubble in bombed-out Cologne in the last days of World War 2. 17 year old non-conformist Karl secretly belongs to a group of friends known as the Edelweiss pirates (named after the tough mountaintop flower)
Their skirmishes with Hitler Youth at first resemble boyish games and teenage turf-wars. The working-class roughnecks manage
to escape the tightening grip of the Gestapo for a while, daubing anti-war graffiti on walls, helping kids find shelter from unxploded bombs, finding hiding places for a few remaining Jews. Younger brother Peter, however, still wears his Hitler Youth blazer, more out of convenience than ideology.
When a badly wounded prisoner escaping from the Nazis finds shelter, family trust and loyalty is put to the test as Gestapo agents with lists of names threaten reprisals and torture.
Thursday 10th May at the Blackcurrent Centre
The Blackcurrent Centre is situated
about ½ mile from Northampton town centre,
near the racecourse, off Kettering Road
Map on the front page: www.blackcurrentcentre.org.uk
CATHY COME HOME
Cathy Come Home is arguably the most important piece of drama shown on British TV. First broadcast in 1966, it dramatically highlighted the scandal of homelessbess and poor housing.
Director Ken Loach points out, ' The film portrayed an injustice but, of course, homelessness is worse now than when the film was made ! '
With more than 10,000 on the waiting list for public housing in Northampton our politicians continues to sell-off and give away council homes to Fat Cat developers !
Introduced by Northampton DCH
Tuesday 8th May at the NBC Club, Fish Street. 8.00pm
EDELWEISS PIRATES - discussion
The story of two teenage brothers living amid the rubble in bombed-out Cologne in the last days of World War 2.
A 17 year old non-conformist Karl secretly belongs to a group of friends known as the Edelweiss pirates (named after the tough mountaintop flower)
Their skirmishes with Hitler Youth at first resemble boyish games and teenage turf-wars. The working-class roughnecks manage to escape the tightening grip of the Gestapo for a while, daubing anti-war graffiti on walls, helping kids find shelter from unxploded bombs, finding hiding places for a few remaining Jews. Younger brother Peter, however, still wears his Hitler Youth blazer, more out of convenience than ideology.
When a badly wounded prisoner escaping from the Nazis finds shelter, family trust and loyalty is put to the test as Gestapo agents with lists of names threaten reprisals and torture.
Thursday 10th May at the Blackcurrent Centre
The Blackcurrent Centre is situated
about ½ mile from Northampton town centre,
near the racecourse, off Kettering Road
Map on the front page: www.blackcurrentcentre.org.uk
CATHY COME HOME
Cathy Come Home is arguably the most important piece of drama shown on British TV. First broadcast in 1966, it dramatically highlighted the scandal of homelessbess and poor housing.
Director Ken Loach points out, ' The film portrayed an injustice but, of course, homelessness is worse now than when the film was made ! '
With more than 10,000 on the waiting list for public housing in Northampton our politicians continues to sell-off and give away council homes to Fat Cat developers !
Introduced by Northampton Defend Council Housing