Tonights line up includes a presentation & discussion from Rich Cookson (Big Issue/Venue) about the secretive organisation THE SOCIETY OF THE MERCHANT VENTURERS which has dominated Bristol for the past 500 years. This will be alongside the only film in existence about them, made in 1995 by James Garrett for HTV who will also introduce it. [ www.merchantventurers.org ] Also screening will be a selection of inspiring INDYMEDIA shorts.

The main feature will be AFGHAN MASSACRE: THE CONVOY OF DEATH A rare outing for this powerful film exposing the U.S. role in the massacre of three thousand unarmed prisoners of war in Afghanistan It tells the story of how thousands of Taleban prisoners who surrendered to the US military were forced into sealed containers and loaded onto trucks for transport to Sheberghan prison where many suffocated to death en route. The survivors were buried alive as U.S. Troops stood by and watched. Were they involved in a war crime?

Watch a trailer here  http://www.acftv.com

£3 waged, £2 unwaged ( no one turned away through lack of funds )