Film Number

7646

Title

IMMIGRATION WIVES AND FIANCES CAMPAIGN; NWTUC INTERVIEWS

Producer

WFA

Date

1986

Gauge

U-matic LB

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

17 mins 0 secs

Description

Footage of Rahela's meeting at Longsight Library in Manchester which is part of her and her fiance Khalid's campaign to defeat the Immigration, Primary Purpose Rule (PPR) to restrict men from entering the UK and thereby discriminating against black women and in particular Asian women. The meeting is attended by about 60 people and continues in Punjabi with contributions from Shamsa Butt and Khalid. The meeting finishes after about 17 minutes.

The remaining 34 mins on the tape contains footage of interviews with educationalists talking about education cuts in Lancashire, pensioners speaking about how the lack of transport impacts on them and John Nicholson (Manchester Councillor) talking about cuts in services. Possibly camera originals from NWTUC film.

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