BENEFIT SCREENING FOR SPIRIT GRANT - SAT 25 NOVEMBER, RIO CINEMA, DALSTON E8, 11PM

BENEFIT SCREENING - 11pm, SATURDAY 25th NOVEMBER AT THE RIO CINEMA IN DALSTON E8

Late night benefit screening for Lowell 'Spirit' Grant, a black shopkeeper and resident of Broadway Market E8 facing eviction at the hands of th council and property developers.

The management of the Dalston Rio Cinema have kindly arranged a benefit screening of the film '5 1/2 Roofs', with all profits going to the Appeal fund towards Spirit's next rent payments.

A good turnout is essential to ensure that Spirit is able to keep up his payments until the Law Courts sort out his situation once and for all.

Please come and see this great film which features the occupation of Tony's Cafe in Broadway Market earlier this year. You never know, if you were involved in the occupation (or just shopping for ciabatta a lot at the time), you might be in it!

TICKETS £6.50/£5 Concs (available in advance @ Dalston Rio or from 71 Broadway Market, E8 or on the door),WHERE  IS IT?Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High Street, Dalston E8  • Tel 020 7241 9410 About the film:

5 AND A HALF ROOFS (15)

Directed by Sepp R Brudermann, UK 2006, 84mins

According to Section 6 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 the occupation of empty property in the UK is not illegal. In London there are more than 13.000 people living in squats. These are 6 episodes of 6 different London based squats and their inhabitants. 6 stories of life in the city, stories of struggle, celebration, creativity, resignation, fear and hope. The final segment of the film concerns the struggles and occupations in Broadway Market, Hackney which received widespread coverage and includes Spirit's heartrending speech to then Deputy Mayor Jessica Crowe in January this year.

CRITICS SAY: "A compelling look at a layer of our urban community which is rarely seen" (Raindance Film Festival)

"Fresh and beguiling" (R. Thompson, BBC Storyville)