November Programme

10.30 for 11am Sunday 13 November 2011

UK PREMIERE

DEADLY DUST (TODESSTAUB)

Frieder Wagner, Germany 2006 (E) 93 mins

In a science-based documentary, we accompany Prof Gunther, epidemiologist and specialist in tropical diseases, and his expert colleagues as they explore the effects of depleted uranium ammunition used in Iraq, Kosovo and Bosnia, though banned by the Hague and Geneva Conventions. Winds can carry them clear across our planet, leaving behind a path of destruction. The surge in post-war birth defects indicates an epidemic of reproductive abnormalities. We express our gratitude to Frieder Wagner for facilitating today's premiere.

UK PREMIERE

WITH THE LINCOLN BRIGADE IN SPAIN

Henri Cartier- Bresson/ Herbert Kline, US 1938 (E) 18 mins

Internationally acclaimed photographer Cartier- Bresson filmed the Brigade, which had emerged in response to the US policy of non intervention. Drawn from all wakes of life and thought to be the first military unit commanded by a black officer, the volunteers trained alongside Spanish troops and became known for their bravery. In 2010 the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archive discovered, restored and re-released this cinema treasure.

Discussion led by Rae Street, CND Council member and active in the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, John Green, former documentary filmmaker, and Helen Graham, Professor of Modern European History at Royal Holloway University of London.