FRIENDSHIP’S DEATH (1987) +TALK: Morbid Symptoms w/@LalehKhalili

When:
March 12, 2020 @ 6:45 pm – 9:15 pm
2020-03-12T18:45:00+00:00
2020-03-12T21:15:00+00:00
Where:
The Castle Cinema
E9 6DA
Cost:
£10/£8
Contact:
Graham Ainsley
07989775040

When an extra-terrestrial peace envoy named Friendship (Tilda Swinton) is sent on a mission to Earth, she misses her intended destination of MIT and lands in Amman, Jordan, during ‘Black September’, a conflict between the Jordanian Armed Forces and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Trapped inside a hotel, Friendship meets British war correspondent Sullivan (Bill Paterson), and the pair begin a series of touching and insightful conversations on the human condition…

The film will be preceded by a talk from Laleh Khalili, Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London, who will explain the background to the Black September conflict of 1970 and how it can be thought of as a historical pivot.