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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

7618

Title

MANCHESTER ANTI-DEPORTATION RALLY - PEDRO GALLEGUILLOS AND VIRAJ MENDIS

Producer

WFA

Date

1985

Gauge

U-matic LB

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

22 mins 09 secs

Description

A rally in Manchester Town Hall of a large anti-deportation demonstration of about 500 people. Speakers under threat of deportation share their direct experiences and the details of their cases. Pedro Galleguillos, a Chilean speaks about his situation and the importance of his campaign to prevent deportation. Followed by Viraj Mendis who speaks about the threat he is under in context of political situations throughout the world - apartheid in South Africa.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]

 

 



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