"Take One Action's focus on empowering local audiences to engage through film with global and environmental injustice is unique in the UK. This work is really, really important."
Patrons Ken Loach & Paul Laverty
2011 Festival
This is an archive of events that happened during the 2011 Take One Action Film Festival.
Tue 20 Sep 2011
Homegrown - cinema under the stars
Self-sufficiency in the city? One family shows us how it’s done.
Key themes: climate change, empowerment/activism, youth/family friendly
Age group: not certified
Wed 21 Sep 2011 – Thu 22 Sep 2011
Opening night gala: Official UK premiere, with Paul Laverty
Key themes: democracy/political systems, historical profile, trade/economic justice
Age group: not certified
Fri 23 Sep 2011 – Sat 24 Sep 2011
Blood in the Mobile plus director Q&As
Expose of mineral mining practices in Congo for mobile technologies
Key themes: corporate responsibility, human rights, work/labour
Age group: not certified
Fri 23 Sep 2011 – Sat 24 Sep 2011
A centuries old island community in the Pacific ocean is going under water
Key themes: climate change, consumerism, environment (general)
Age group: 12+
Sat 24 Sep 2011
An opportunity to dialogue with one of the world’s most outspoken poverty campaigners and one time key player in Blair’s goverment.
Key themes: consumerism, corporate responsibility, work/labour
Age group: not certified
Sun 25 Sep 2011
An intimate and provocative view of China’s growing role in Africa
Key themes: corporate responsibility, democracy/political systems, international development
Age group: 12+
Tue 27 Sep 2011
Scottish Premiere The End of Poverty
Interrogating the our economic system from the perspectives of the poorest.
Key themes: corporate responsibility, international development, trade/economic justice
Age group: 15+
Tue 27 Sep 2011
Vibrant, funny and moving, it throws colour into the debate about globalisation
Key themes: globalisation
Age group: 12+
Tue 27 Sep 2011
Insightful analysis of the effects of an IMF loan to the tune of $4.5 billion…
Key themes: poverty (global), trade/economic justice
Age group: not certified
Wed 28 Sep 2011
Reporting International Development
How journalists, charities and filmmakers can work better together
Key themes: international development
Age group: not certified
Wed 28 Sep 2011
Too many Indian women face entrenched abuse. Enter the Gulabi Gang…
Key themes: empowerment/activism, gender and power
Age group: 15+
Wed 28 Sep 2011 – Thu 29 Sep 2011
Music teacher Phumi Tsewu takes his high school choir on an inspiring journey…
Key themes: education, empowerment/activism
Age group: 12+
Thu 29 Sep 2011 – Mon 3 Oct 2011
A compelling film investigatin the origins and rationale of Planned Obsolescence
Key themes: consumerism, corporate responsibility, environment (general)
Age group: 12+
Fri 30 Sep 2011
Cannes/Palestine premiere FIX ME
Raed attempts to get to the bottom of a headache that has lasted generations
Key themes: conflict/reconciliation, Mid East/Isr-Palestine
Age group: 15+
Fri 30 Sep 2011 – Sun 2 Oct 2011
A billionaire, a golf course and a community collide…
Key themes: corporate responsibility, environment (general), world-changing film
Age group: 12A cert
Fri 30 Sep 2011 – Sun 2 Oct 2011
Groundbreaking documentary igninitng a people power movement across Australia
Key themes: empowerment/activism, environment (general), world-changing film
Age group: 15+
Fri 30 Sep 2011 – Sat 1 Oct 2011
Where does your food come from and what could it mean for the planet?
Key themes: environment (general), hunger/food issues
Age group: not certified
Sat 1 Oct 2011 – Sun 2 Oct 2011
Campaigning for Beginners - free workshops
New to campaigning? Come to our friendly workshop to find out more.
Key themes: empowerment/activism
Age group: adult training
Sat 1 Oct 2011
A chance to dialogue with a leading campaigner for human rights in Burma
Key themes: democracy/political systems, empowerment/activism, human rights
Age group: 12+
Sat 1 Oct 2011 – Sun 2 Oct 2011
Nargis: When Time Stopped Breathing
Witness one of the most hidden populations and devasting stories of modern times
Key themes: climate change, democracy/political systems, historical profile
Age group: 15+
Sat 1 Oct 2011 – Sun 1 Jan 2012
Bike-powered, moonlit garden screening: celebs engage with climate change
Key themes: climate change
Age group: not certified
Sun 2 Oct 2011
Land Rights, Land Wrongs free workshop / Edinburgh
Fringe Event: Who benefits from the world’s natural resources?
Key themes: democracy/political systems, empowerment/activism, environment (general)
Age group: 15+
Sun 16 Oct 2011
World Food Day - Sun 16 Oct, Leith
Eat your way to a better world in honour of World Food Day!
Key themes: climate change, empowerment/activism, hunger/food issues
Age group: all ages
Coming soon...
Four Horsemen + director Q&A
Fri 18 May at 20:10
A brand new lens on the global financial crisis and notions of progress…
Four Horsemen + director Q&A
Sat 19 May at 20:15
A brand new lens on the global financial crisis and notions of progress…
Four Horsemen + director Q&A
Sun 20 May at 16:00
A brand new lens on the global financial crisis and notions of progress…
Dancing to a different beat
Sat 19 May at 10:00
World Development Movement’s annual Scottish campaigner convention takes place on the first day of the G8/NATO summit in the US.
Robert Mugabe: What Happened? + Filmmaker Q&A
Wed 30 May at 18:00
Charts the controversial story of Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe: What Happened? + Filmmaker Q&A
Thu 31 May at 18:00
Charts the controversial story of Robert Mugabe
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