You are invited to a screening of Hostile, an award-winning feature-length documentary about the experiences of immigrant communities in the UK.
Director: Sonita Gale | UK 2022 | Language: English | Certificate: 12A | Length: 97 minutes
Hostile is a BAFTA and BIFA Longlisted feature-length documentary written, produced and directed by Sonita Gale, focusing on the UK's complicated relationship with its migrant communities. Told through the stories of four participants from Black and Asian backgrounds, the film focuses on the impact of the evolving 'hostile environment' policies that target migrants, including No Recourse to Public Funds which is forcing people into destitution.
The film explores how the lives of international students, members of the Windrush generation and 'Highly Skilled Migrants' have been affected. The film features music from award-winning musicians Nitin Sawhney and spoken word from George the Poet. Nitin Sawhney also served as an Executive Producer.
This special screening is free for staff and students, and is hosted by the School of Law's Centre for Law, Justice and Society (CLJS). The film will be followed by a 45-minute Q&A session with Sonita Gale.
Date and time: Wednesday 8 March from 3pm in Hugh Aston 0.10.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Alwyn Jones.
Staff and students welcome.
About the director:
Sonita Gale is a British Asian writer, producer and director. Elevating the stories of migrants and marginalised communities is at the forefront of her work. Sonita’s debut feature documentary as director, Hostile, is an award-winning and BAFTA and BIFA-longlisted film exposing the ‘hostile environment’ for migrants in the UK. Hostile has screened across the country at Picturehouse and independent cinemas, and has been selected for a number of international film festivals. In 2021, the film debuted at Raindance Film Festival. Since then, Hostile was a finalist in the 2022 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (in the ‘Supreme Award’ and ‘Best Director – International’ categories) and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2022 British Urban Film Festival, and. The film won Best Documentary Feature at the 2021 South London Film Festival, at Filmocracy Fest 2022 and the Roxbury International Film Festival 2022.