"The UK Is Not Innocent" An INQUEST Film Screening and Discussion at LJMU's Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion (CCSE)
'The UK is Not Innocent' is a 45-minute documentary directed by Richard York and Hannan Majid of Rainbow Collective and produced by Jessica Pandian and Naomi Oppenheim of INQUEST. It traces INQUEST’s evolution from a grassroots collective of families bereaved by deaths involving the state to an established charity providing expertise on deaths in custody, exposing 40 years of state violence and resistance in England and Wales.
Featuring the poetry of Benjamin Zephaniah, the music of Asian Dub Foundation, and INQUEST's collective story of resistance against state violence, the documentary serves as a dark portrait of the UK, connecting symbolic incidents of state violence from the past, like the killing of Blair Peach and the Hillsborough football disaster, with those which occured more recently, such as the killing of Mark Duggan and the Grenfell Tower Fire.
By bearing witness to bereaved families’ experiences of grief and campaigning, it is INQUEST and the CCSE's hope that the film will anger, inform and inspire others to show solidarity with those at the sharp end of state violence.
A trailer for the film can be viewed here: The UK is not innocent: the story of INQUEST (TRAILER)
Alongside the film screening, we will hear from a range of speakers including:
Steve Tombs, Chair of the INQUEST Board and Emeritus Professor of Criminology, Open University
Emma Halliday, Member of INQUEST's Family Reference Group and PhD candidate at the University of Lancaster
Clare Fletcher, Broudie Jackson Canter Solicitors (Hillsborough Law)
Final speaker TBC
The CCSE is especially honoured to be hosting the incredible work of INQUEST at this event - we look forward to seeing you there! Tickets for this event are free, but please consider making a donation directly to INQUEST show your support for the film and the vital work done by the charity. Link here: Donate to INQUEST
