The Save the Children Fund Film
The Save The Children Fund Film is a 50-minute
Synopsis
The film is about the work of
In the film, director Ken Loach visits an institution in Nairobi where children were forbidden to converse in their native tongues.[2] Several Save the Children employees were also on film making disparaging remarks about the parents of young Mancunians in their charge.[2]
Ban
Save the Children objected to the film and refused to pay for it. They prevented it from being shown until 2011, when they eventually agreed to allow a screening by the BFI. Kestrel Films, co-founded by Tony Garnett and others, nearly went bankrupt in their legal battle with Save the Children.[3]
There was a screening at the University of Birmingham in 2014,[4] at the University of Bristol in 2015[5] and one at the University of Warwick in 2017. The screening at Warwick was followed by a panel discussion, which was attended by the then Head of Humanitarian Affairs of Save the Children UK.[6]
A copy of the film is held at the BFI archives and it can be viewed (for free) by visiting a BFI mediatheque and booking time on one of the viewers there.[7]
References
- ^ a b Stephen Lacey Tony Garnett, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007, p.79
- ^ a b Smith, Neil (23 August 2011). "Banned Ken Loach charity film gets rare airing". BBC Online. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- theguardian.com. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ Ken Loach's Save The Children Fund Film
- ^ "Bristol University | Department of History | 2015: Save the Children Fund Film". www.bristol.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Save The Children". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Mediatheque at BFI Southbank". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
External links
- The Save the Children Fund Film at IMDb