Wed 31st May - Manchester Indymedia Film Night -

Reach for the Sky / Mark Thomas

The Basement - 6.30 pm
24 Lever St, -[off piccadilly]
Free / Donation

Updates from The Manchester climate camp people
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Mark Thomas Live Comedy Show (60minutes)

In crystal clear sound and vision, the TV comedian reveals the inside story on how he upset the U.S secret service by putting a bounty on the life of President Bush. Mark also displays how he obtained police surveillance images of himself. Watch the DVD and find out why the funny man was forced to sing for his life underneath a busload of East London arms dealers. Dodge wildy as he takes a potshots at foxhunters, advertisers, and a host of multi-national corporations.

Reach for the Sky (40minutes)

How can cream pies, sitting on top of an airliner, singing on a runway or squatting a crane stop climate change? How do cheap flights increase sea levels? How did British activists stop an airport from destroying a beauty spot?
A documentary exploring the growing activism against the Labour governments plans to expand nearly all British airports despite the growing threat of climate change. Includes dramatci images of activists blocking a runway at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, Treetop protests to hinder construction at Manchester and activist training to stop Swansea airports expansion. Heathrow airport expansion is halted as local activists climb a 30m crane and squat for 7 days.

Expand your mind with an explanation of Corporate 'Carbon Trading' and insights into how common lands have been stolen to build Britsh airports. Find out alternatives to flying. Have a laugh as corporate leaders are cream pied for their failure to stop climate change gases.

The comic will take you on a mind bending trip through Scotland, go naught to sixty in India, and help you discover what 'the real thing' is in Colombia.