Woody Guthrie Night - Songs Of Struggle

Woody Guthrie Night - Songs Of Struggle
6:00pm Saturday 20 May, to 1:00am Sunday 21 May 2006

Salt of the Earth Film Festival presents Woody Guthrie Night/Songs Of Struggle…. with film, music, song, food….

In his fifty-five year lifetime, Woody Guthrie wrote over 1000 songs. He sang about Dust Bowl refugees, love and hate, unions, ,children,peace and war, hoboes, work and play, bad times and good times.’

Film

Bound For Glory (Hal Ashby.) A US independent cinema classic, this is a brilliant biopic of the great Woody Guthrie: hobo, musician, political activist…(

And shorts

Plus Songs of Struggle

With the Matilda All Stars!, special guests ‘songs of struggle’ from Euan McColl to Billy Bragg, from RATM,to the Specials, from 1936 Spain to 1970’s Chile, plus,

open mike

if you can play or sing and know a song that ‘stirs the soul’ and passions or even some poetry the mike will be yours.

Dj’s dance room: world music/global sounds of resistance

Note: excellent disabled access to main room, very limited access to others

Coming soon, commerate/celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil war,

A benefit for Sheffield Welfare Action Network(SWAN) http://www.swansheffield.org.uk towards the national march and rally In Sheffield(17/6/06) against the proposed Incapacity Benefit/disability welfare reforms

Document Links

Sheffield Welfare Action Nework
A benefit for Sheffield Welfare Action Network(SWAN) towards the national march and rally In Sheffield(17/6/06) against the proposed Incapacity Benefit/disability welfare reforms
http://www.swansheffield.org.uk
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