“I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me…” the life of Joe Hill has inspired songs and folk myths, books and poetry.
Swedish immigrant worker in the USA, IWW union organizer, songwriter, Joe Hill was executed Nov 1915 in Salt Lake City for a crime he did not commit.
1st May is International Worker’s Day – to mark it we bring you a colour feature film about the life of this legendary activist.
The Ballad of Joe Hill
Written & directed by Bo Widerberg
114 mins Colour 1971
- 7.00pm for 7.30pm Saturday 4th May 2013
- W.I. Hall, North Street, Bridport
- Entry £3 (less if you can’t afford it)
- + Vegetarian soup for sale from 6.30 pm
Also…
Some other interesting local events organised by others:
Friday 26th April 7.00pm
Unity Hall, opp. Bus station, Yeovil
Banner Theatre’s entertaining live show ‘Fighting the Cuts’
presented by Yeovil Trades Council
Entry free
Friday 26th April 8.00pm Town Hall, Bridport
‘Or, the Whale’ talk on the economic and mythic significance of the sperm whale by Philip Hoare.
Monday 6th May 7.00 pm for 7.30pm
The Corn Exchange, High St Dorchester
Ken Loach’s film ‘Spirit of ’45’ presented by Dorchester Trades Council
Entry by donation
Thursday 9th May 8.00pm (venue to be confirmed) ‘Art practice, natural sciences and ecology to address issues of future sustainability of the planet’ talk by Angela Cockayne
