Watch: Battling for Bristol – Archives of social justice

Ideas and Action 13th October, 2017

A short documentary on Bristol’s history of social justice struggle.

Battling for Bristol is a 15 minute medley of film highlights and archive footage on Bristol’s history of social justice. The film is part of the Journey to Justice programme of events in Bristol this October 2017. This short is created by leading documentary filmmakers Colin Thomas, David Parker and others.

Read more about Journey to Justice and see the full programme.

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