Everybody to Kenmure Street - Film at The Share Centre

Venue: The Share Centre | 88 Stow Hill, Newport, NP20 4DW
Date: 11/09/2026
Doors: 18:00 Close: 22:00
Entry: Free

Friday 11 September 2026

A gripping and uplifting documentary about community, solidarity and what can happen when ordinary people decide to stand together.

In May 2021, a Home Office immigration raid on a residential street in Glasgow triggered one of the most remarkable acts of peaceful civil resistance in recent British history.

When two Sikh men were detained in an immigration enforcement van on Kenmure Street in Pollokshields, news quickly spread through the neighbourhood. Residents left their homes and daily routines and gathered in the street. What began with a small number of people grew into a mass demonstration, as hundreds of neighbours and supporters surrounded the van and refused to allow it to leave.

After an eight-hour stand-off, the two men were released back into their community.

Everybody to Kenmure Street takes us directly into the events of that extraordinary day. Combining crowd-sourced footage, archive material, eyewitness testimony and reconstruction, the film creates an immediate and compelling portrait of a community discovering its collective power.

About the director

The film is directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra, a Chilean-Belgian filmmaker based in Scotland whose work often explores solidarity, political resistance and the ability of ordinary people to become part of history.

His acclaimed documentary Nae Pasaran! told the remarkable story of Scottish Rolls-Royce workers who refused to service aircraft engines belonging to the Chilean Air Force following the military coup led by Augusto Pinochet.

With Everybody to Kenmure Street, Bustos Sierra returns to questions of solidarity and collective action, this time through a story taking place on the streets of contemporary Glasgow.

At the centre of the film are the people who found themselves on Kenmure Street: neighbours, activists, families and people who had never attended a protest before.

Energetic, moving and often unexpectedly funny, the film asks what makes somebody decide to get involved, what responsibilities we have towards our neighbours, and what a community can achieve when people choose to act together.

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra
UK | 2025 | Documentary
Running time: 99 minutes
Certificate: 12A

Come along, watch the film together and stay afterwards for an informal conversation about the film and the ideas it raises.

Everyone is welcome.