Magna Carta Film Season 2015
As part of the Magna Carta Film Season 2015, marking the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, we are showing 3 fantastic free films.
The Magna Carta has been described as 'the greatest constitutional document of all times - the foundation of freedom of the individual against the arbitrary authority of the despot.'
To mark the 800th anniversary of its signing, Lincoln FIlm Society have selected a season of films that reflect its world-wide importance in the fight for freedom over the centuries.
Here at The Collection, we are showing three free films in the season:
Ironclad
Winstanley
Wadjda
Ironclad
Sunday 26th April, 2pm
Free entry
Set in 13th century England, a small group of Knights Templar fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John. The film stars James Purefoy and Brian Cox.
(15) Advisory: contains strong, bloody battle violence.
Winstanley
Sunday 31st May, 2pm
Free entry
Gerrard Winstanley, a 17th century social reformer and writer, and his followers tried to establish a self-sufficient farming community, one of the world's first socialistic living experiments. It was copied elsewhere in Englad during Cromwell's Protectorate but eventually supressed, leaving only a legacy of ideas.
(PG)
Wadjda
Sunday 28th June, 2pm
Free entry
Unique for being from Saudi Arabia and for being directed by a woman, this ground-breaking film is the story of an enterprising Saudi girl using her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
(PG)
As part of the Magna Carta film season, films will be shown in venues across the city, including Lincoln Drill Hall, LPAC, The Venue, EMTEC at the University of Lincoln, and The Collection.
Download the brochure for more information on other films, tickets, venues and times.