Mark Saunders’ “Kilner House” (1981) screening and friendly chatting on The Left and Squatting – What Happened?
1968 saw the rebirth of squatting as a practical political situation with the London Squatters Campaign's takeover of empty homes in Ilford. During the 1970's the London Squatters Union and […]
A Discussion with Concrete Action
Concrete Action began as a platform to connect professionals, activists and communities who are fighting for social housing and public land. It has since expanded it's field of focus to […]
June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive screening: “Big City Stories: Black London’s Film Heritage” (90mins, 2011)
Compiled by Imruh Bakari, June Givanni, Yvonne Connike: Produced for Film London. A journey through the African and Caribbean presence in London Across the Decades. Big City stories is a […]
The Plan: Part 2
We will be screening The Plan: Part 2 with filmmaker Steve Sprung. Come and find of about the shop stewards plan for socially useful production at Lucas Aerospace in 1970s.
Death Maybe Your Santa Claus + Marseille Apres La Guerre
May 2018 this year marks fifty years since riots and protests erupted around the world against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and the Soviet Union rolling tanks into Prague. […]
Platform Release 05: Okraina
Shot on grainy black and white film Okraina pays tribute to the classic Soviet cinema, but it is a tale about the modern Russia. Ural farmers set on a journey […]
“Reality” screening #6 La Faute a Fidel (2006) Julie Gavras
Julie Gavras' directorial debut follows nine year old Anna. Her parents turned away from bourgeois lifestyle to devote themselves to political activism. Anna's familiar environment is disrupted, and she wants […]
Screening: The Accidental Death of an Anarchist + Discussion
Last year MayDay Rooms received an archive of Ed Emery’s translations of dramas by Dario Fo. For this session in the Antiuniversity we want to screen Channel 4’s legendary production […]
Screening: The Masque of the Red Death
It’s hard to party in the times of COVID, so in lieu of a monthly social we will be putting on a Halloween online screening of The Masque of the […]
Mayday 2021 Print Subversion in the Wapping Dispute
Screening (via Cytube, 7pm, link here)) and discussion (via Zoom, 8pm) To celebrate Mayday 2021 and launch our online exhibition looking back at Wapping 35 years on, MayDay Rooms will be […]
Working Class Cinema: Air to Breathe (2020)
MDRPagliacci Rossi have a short program of films scheduled for March and April at MayDay Rooms, addressing work place and community struggle 'from the workers point of view.' For March, […]
Working Class Cinema: The Year of the Beaver (1985)
MDRPagliacci Rossi have a short program of films scheduled for March and April at MayDay Rooms, addressing work place and community struggle 'from the workers point of view.' For March, […]