“A vital and inspiring portrait of spontaneous collective action.”
—IndieWire
“In the age of ICE and MAGA, and the Trump-inspired nationalist movements in the UK, it’s an amazing story of a community triumph … a morale-boosting film.”
—The Guardian
This documentary is a vital record, captured on the phones of the participants and by news crews, of a remarkable event in 2021. In Glasgow’s most diverse neighborhood, a pair of men were picked up by police outside their mosque, where they had gone to commemorate Eid. As the van prepared to take the men away, a small act of passive resistance soon swelled to the entire quarter of the city as thousands of people joined the swelling, spontaneous movement. Free Member Monday — free admission for all AFS members on Monday, July 20.