Angels on Diamond Street 18

Wed 2 Oct, 7pm

Adult

£9.50

Member (Adult)

£8.50

Senior Citizen

£7.50

Member (conc.)

£6.50

U25 & Students

£6

Young Member (16-24)

£5

Under 18

£6

Disabled or Unwaged

£6

Director: Petr Lom

Year: 2019

Duration: 88 mins

Certificate: 18


Presented by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage.


Angels on Diamond Street spotlights three women fighting for social justice in an African-American church in Philadelphia.


We follow head cook Mamie Mather, former Black Panther Barbara Easley-Cox and Pastor Renee Mackenzie at the soup kitchen of the Church of the Advocate: a national monument with a rich history in the civil rights movement.


When an undocumented Mexican immigrant family - Carmela Apolonio Hernandez and her children - asks the church for sanctuary, they are welcome with open arms. Pastor Mackenzie courageously defies the ICE immigration authorities in an act of civil disobedience.


A documentary about compassion that invites us to forget about all borders, be they of race, nationality or religion.