Rethink Rebuild Society invites you to a screening of another Ken Loach film:
The Old Oak (2023)
Followed by open discussion
Runtime: 1 hr and 53 min
Certificate 15
Language: English
On: Wednesday 1 November 2023 at 7.15 pm
At: Rethink Rebuild Society (the Syrian Community of Manchester), First Floor, Discovery House, Crossley Rd, Levenshulme, Manchester SK4 5BH
Please arrive on time as the screening will start at 7.30pm promptly.
The film
‘It’s not where you’re from, it’s what you bring’
THE OLD OAK is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner) the landlord hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village without any notice.
In an unlikely friendship TJ meets a curious young Syrian Yara [Ebla Mari] with her camera. Can they find a way for the two communities to understand each other? So unfolds a deeply moving drama about their fragilities and hopes.
