A day of fims and workshops exploring the experiences of those who migrate and the activities of poeple taking action for migrants rights.

• 10.30am - Welcome!
• 11am - Film: Si Nos Dejan (If They Let Us), Dir Ana Tores, Spain, 2005, 75 min

Back by popular demand, this engaging documentary maps the experiences of migrants living in Barcelona, and offers an upbeat, fast-paced and powerful insight into the experiences of people living without permission.

• 12.30 - Lunch
• 1pm - Talk: Surviving the Asylum System

Peter Mutando, filmmaker and director of Cry My Zimbabwe (theatre performance shown on Fri 11 Apr at the cinema), discusses his experiences of seeking asylum in the UK. With question & answer session.

• 1.45pm - Film: Glasgow Girls, Dir Lindsay Hill, 2006, 30 min

The inspiring true story of seven young schoolmates who struggle to stop children being deported in Scotland, after their friend's house is raided at dawn by immigration services, and she and her family are forcibly removed to an immigrant detention centre.

• 2.30pm - Discussion: Dawn Raids

Dawn Raids on the houses of migrant families, is a common practice of the immigration services, Local group Dawn Raid Watch examine the brutality of this practice and how people in Newcastle are taking a stand against it.

• 3.15pm - Films: Exposing Forced Removal

A series of short films exploring growing resistance to the forced deportation of migrants by people locally, nationally and internationally. Including short extracts of footage looking at the experiences of communities currently resisting deportations across the UK; a reportage of demonstrations against Harmondsworth Detention Centre with interviews with ex-detainees; and a powerful short film from Holland about people resisting the Dutch government's plans to build ships to detain migrants off the coast of Holland (Detention Ships, Amsterdam, 2007, 9min)

• 4pm - Discussion: Acting For Change

A discussion about how and why pople are taking a stand againstb deportations, with contributions from people involved in local and national campaigns.

• 7pm - Bridging Borders

Join us for an exciting evening social featuring live performances by the legendary Maybe Murtle Turtle, accompanied by DJ Urban Geisha and her cool tunes!