Thursday 29 September 2016
4pm - 6pm
The rise of both food banks and sanctions in the UK have often been described numerically; but numbers only illuminate some aspects of engaging with charitable food organisations and claiming unemployment benefit.
Following the spread of filmmaking technology and equipment, there has been increased interest in using participatory methods to allow individuals and communities to describe their experience of these processes.
In this session we will watch two short films made by those who have used food banks and been sanctioned.
We will hear from those involved with making these films and discuss the power of these films to both illuminate these processes and to mobilise resistance.