Join us in Manchester and experience our video installation, Requiem For Protest. It presents 1 year of the Lift The Ban campaign run by @defendourjuries.bsky.social that has led to 3,500+ arrests for terrorism for holding a cardboard sign. 📍Friends' Meeting House 🗓️ 17 to 19 Jul Free admission

There's another opportunity to watch The Conspiracists at the wonderful - and air conditioned! - Bertha DocHouse this Saturday 30 May 14:00. #ConspiracyTheories #Women #IndependentDocumentary

Read what Liz witnessed on her recent filming trip to Dunkirk for our upcoming film Nowhere To Go. #Asylum #Migration #HumanRights #Documentary

Tonight 11 May 19:30, @bylinetimes.bsky.social are at The Cockpit. The evening includes a conversation with @labourlewis.bsky.social and @ottoenglish.bsky.social. @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social et al will also be discussing our film The Conspiracists. 🎟️ www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/the_lur...

Thanks @psimonk.bsky.social for supporting independent cinema and coming to watch The Conspiracists. ❤️ The next screening is @berthadochouse.bsky.social this Sunday at 13:30. 🎟️ dochouse.org/event/the-co...

This Sunday at 13:30 @berthadochouse.bsky.social in London are screening our documentary, The Conspiracists, again. 🎟️ dochouse.org/event/the-co... Our whirlwind "London Conversations" tour with @noellecook.com may now be over but the film screenings continue!

R4 broadcast an interview with @noellecook.com and Liz Smith on The World Tonight about our film The Conspiracists. (segment at the end) There are 4 more cinema screenings of the film in London while Noelle is there for her tour. 🎟️ linktr.ee/TheConspiracists www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Join us and @lizpendleton.bsky.social this Friday night for a special screening and discussion of The Conspiracists at The Castle Cinema in Hackney. 🎟️ bit.ly/conspiracistscastle

We've been able to do a deep dive into what drives conspiratorial beliefs in this article in @bylinetimes.bsky.social Starting tonight we have a week long run of cinema screenings of the film, The Conspiracists, with Q&As in London. 🎟️ Linktr.ee/TheConspiracists

🔴 'I Hadn't Anticipated Developing Empathy for Them, But You Can See How the Conspirituality Belief System Also Serves as a Set of Coping Mechanisms' @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social speaks to Liz Smith and Noelle Cook about their new film shedding light on the women attracted to MAGA and conspiracy...

Part 4 in our series Requiem For Protest is now available. The series documents the Lift The Ban campaign organised by @defendourjuries.bsky.social The film documents the day 523 people were arrested for terrorism in Trafalgar Square. Their crime? Watch to find out.

The Conspiracists is coming to London. Screening + Q&A at Curzon Soho, 22 April with Deborah Frances-White of @theguiltyfeminist.bsky.social & @noellecook.com 🎟️ www.curzon.com/films/the-co... Part of a week of London screenings, each hosted by women bringing a different perspective.

When does nonviolent protest cross a line? If you're in the #Sheffield area come to the screening of The Line We Crossed at Showroom Cinema 19:30 and join the post-film discussion with Liz Smith, Trudi Warner & Alice Swift. 🎟️ showroomcinema.org.uk/film/perspec... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBVH...

Really grateful to @tellthetruthsheff.bsky.social for sharing this. The Line We Crossed screens at #Sheffield at Showroom Cinema on 7 April, with Liz Smith (Director) and Trudi Warner joining for a Q&A hosted by local activist Alice Swift. @defendourjuries.bsky.social

@tellthetruthsheff.bsky.social @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social The Line We Crossed, about the repression of protest rights, is coming to Sheffield. 7 Apr, Showroom (19:30) with Trudi Warner - featured in the film - joining for the live Q&A Please share: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/perspec...

London screenings for The Conspiracists start April 21. I’ll be there with director Liz Smith for Q&As throughout the week. If you’re in #London, join us. 🎥📚

The Conspiracists – London Conversations Screenings + Q&As across London 21–28 April With director Liz Smith + writer Noelle Cook (joining from the US), and an inspiring group of hosts across the week. 🎟️ linktr.ee/theconspirac...

Ministers are reportedly exploring how to cancel dangerous spy-tech firm Palantir's contract to handle NHS data after over 150k people joined me in calling on them to break the contract. Join us - together we can kick out Palantir out of our NHS: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

“I wonder what the historians will make of The Line We Crossed when we are long gone?” After 70+ screenings across the UK and internationally, director Liz Smith reflects on how the meaning of the film has evolved as events continue to unfold. New piece: open.substack.com/pub/lizsmith...

Being accountable for your actions is a core principle of Non Violent Direct Action. Now we have the answer as to how @takebackpower.bsky.social are being accountable for their new campaign of civil disobedience that involves "food redistribution": www.instagram.com/reel/DV3S6UM...

It is so sad to see a woman being terrorised like this. So much for the "protect our women and children" mantra that some far right groups have latched onto. They are the ones that are making the streets more dangerous for women, not the perceived threats they are campaigning against.

At a Q&A last night we mentioned that the Quaker Meeting House had been raided AGAIN & 15 arrested. There was surprise in the room that this had not been more widely reported. Conclusion in the room: seeking out independent journalism is more critical than ever. Here is Liz Smith's article about it

In 2023, Trudi Warner was arrested for silently holding this sign outside a court. 🧵

On Friday it was ruled that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. Here is our short film about that day, the 3rd film in our REQUIEM FOR PROTEST series charting the 'Lift The Ban' campaign by @defendourjuries.bsky.social. This piece is a fugue composed by @kimhalliday.bsky.social

🎥 The first UK cinema screening of THE CONSPIRACISTS will be at Hebden Bridge Picturehouse on 21 Feb. 🎟️ bit.ly/TC-Hebden. It will be followed by a Q&A with the director, moderated by Scott Archer Patient. Get ready, strap yourselves in, this film is quite a ride!

The Epstein files have added a whole other mind-bending layer to our film The Conspiracists. Read Liz Smith's latest Substack examing the film through this new lens: open.substack.com/pub/lizsmith... Screenings info: linktr.ee/theconspiracists

This is how conspiracies become “confirmed” inside conspiratorial belief systems. Not because new evidence appears, but because an existing detail is reassigned meaning. In this case, a restaurant called “Cannibal,” mentioned in connection to Epstein’s chef in the recent document release.

Liz has been following the story of the "Lift The Ban" campaigners arrested and charged under terrorism laws in the UK. Here is her latest article after witnessing some of the plea hearings. @defendourjuries.bsky.social

THE LINE WE CROSSED screening @ CAMBRIDGE UNI on Thu 22Jan @6pm. Q&A with the director & 2 participants in the film, Dr Clive Dolphin & Sam Griffiths. Open to the public, free to attend, just fill in the attendance form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🎥 Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBVH...

A UK MP has tabled an amendment in the UK to make it a criminal offence for our politicians to mislead. Write to your MP now to ask them to back this and help stop Trumpian-style lieing from being able to happen in the UK. www.compassioninpolitics.com/write_mp_acc...

@noellecook.com talking about her book and our film "The Conspiracists" in the Mission Implausible podcast. The book has been released TODAY! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

THE LINE WE CROSSED is now available to stream. Told through the eyes of climate campaigners, the film explores the repression of the right to protest in the UK. Every purchase directly supports our independent human rights filmmaking. Thank you for watching and supporting. 💙

We've made a second episode of Requiem For Protest. This time we documented what happened outside the RCJ on the first day of the judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action. Once again 100s of people taking part in the @defendourjuries.bsky.social Lift The Ban campaign were arrested.

Yes it’s true, there’s a book and a film of The Conspiracists! We’re looking forward to the U.K. theatrical release of the film in the new year. The book release is Jan 6. You can pre-order it now!

The book draws from four years of research and lived relationships; the film offers a visual counterpart to that work. Used together, they give readers and viewers a clearer sense of how belonging, belief, and extremism intersect, useful for book clubs, classrooms, and discussion groups.

THE LINE WE CROSSED is screening Thu 20th, 7pm @ Reading Biscuit Factory, followed by a very special Q&A with an all-star cast with Trudi Warner, Sam Griffiths & Anne Richards.The film shows the repression of our protest rights and the emergence of @defendourjuries.bsky.social 🎟️ bit.ly/TLWC-Reading

The Conspiracists screens this month at the SVA Film Festival in NOLA, as part of the American Anthropological Association’s annual conference. Honored to receive Best Feature Honorable Mention among a field of exceptional ethnographic films. svafilmandmediafestival.org/the-conspira...

We probably all know someone who has spread this conspiracy theory. It might sound harmless but the spreading of these conspiracies is playing a serious role in today's toxic polarisation and undermining democracy. We've made a film that digs into this issue: www.theconspiracistsfilm.com

THE LINE WE CROSSED is screening at The Regal Cinema in #Redruth on 11 Nov @ 7:30 followed by a Q&A. With the recent mass arrests of peaceful protesters holding cardboard signs this film has become even more timely and urgent. 🎟️ bit.ly/TLWC-Redruth #Cornwall #RightToProtest

Today we are reporting good news for once! This is why jury trial should be protected at all costs. @defendourjuries.bsky.social

For some preview clips of our film The Conspiracists and insights into how MAGA has crossed The Atlantic to the UK read Liz Smith's latest article. #conspiracytheories #democracy

🎬 Greener Henley Green Screen: THE LINE WE CROSSED 🏊‍♀️ 🗓️ Sunday, 26 Oct | 7 PM 📍 Regal Picturehouse Henley Q&A: Hosted by Giles Trendle of @coveringclimatenow.org with panelists Liz Smith (the film's director) & Trudi Warner of @defendourjuries.bsky.social 🎟️ Tickets bit.ly/TLWC-Henley

The court of appeal have REJECTED the Home Office’s attempt to block the legal challenge to the proscription of Palestine Action. More than 2000 have been arrested for terrorism for holding banners in an attempt to get the ban lifted. For context watch our short film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3xf...

REQUIEM FOR PROTEST is a piece we created from footage of the recent "Lift The Ban" protest in Trafalgar Square. The requiem music is accompanied by words from politicians past and present. We did not heed their warnings in 1999, will we heed their warnings today? www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3xf...

THE LINE WE CROSSED is showing @ PLYMOUTH ARTS CENTRE on 9 & 11 Oct. The 11 Oct screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's director and 2 local activists. 🎟️ bit.ly/TLWC-Plymouth Please share with people in #Plymouth - given what is happening to protest rights in the UK this is a must watch.

THE LINE WE CROSSED is at the ICA, London 6:30pm Thu 2 Oct. In collaboration with @clientearth.bsky.social. Q&A with the 3 central protagonists. This is one not to miss! 🎟️ bit.ly/TLWC-ICA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBVH...

The Line We Crossed is coming to #Acton ACT ONE CINEMA on Sunday 28th Sep @ 12:30. Followed by a special Q&A with the director, activists from the film, & hosted by @jennifernadel.bsky.social whose work in journalism & compassionate politics is second to none. Not to be missed! 🎟️ bit.ly/TLWC-Acton.

1500+ people in the UK have now been arrested for terrorism for peacefully holding signs protesting against genocide and the proscription of a direct action protest group. Yesterday, the first 3 who were charged began their journey through the courts. Have we lost the meaning of the word terrorist?

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THE LINE WE CROSSED is showing in #Portsmouth TONIGHT a 7pm @ Southsea Cinema. With the recent mass arrests of protesters peacefully holding signs, this film is very timely and a MUST SEE. 🎟️ bit.ly/TLWC-Southsea