Radical Film School Film Screening & Talk: Climate Justice on Screen

Radical Film School x Equalities Work – Film Series #3

Join us at The Foundry for the third installment of the Radical Film School / Equalities Work film series, an evening of powerful visual storytelling, people power and human rights, this time centred on Climate Justice.

Through fiction, realism, horror, and spoken word performance, this curated programme explores the deep connections between the climate emergency and social justice.

This screening is presented in connection with Dissonant Laws, A Foundry exhibition taking place earlier the same day. The exhibition explores themes of dissonance, law, and resistance, examining how legal systems shape artistic dissent, and how creative rebellion can, in turn, reshape ideas of legality. You can reserve a free spot to the exhibition here.

Film Screening Location and Timings

Main Conference Room
The Foundry
17 Oval Way
London SE11 5RR

20 March 2026
6:30pm - Doors open
7:00pm – Preservation
7:15pm – There Will Come Soft Rains
7:30pm – Can I Live?
8:30pm – Q&A with filmmakers
9:00-10:00pm – Close and Drinks

Preservation
Dir. Anna Dobos | 14 mins | Fiction / Horror

Synopsis:
As a sinking island off the English coast faces evacuation, two researchers encounter unsettling phenomena while 3D scanning the landscape. Blending speculative fiction with documentary-style visuals, Preservation explores environmental loss, digital memory, and the limits of technological preservation, asking what happens when what we try to capture refuses to stay still.

There Will Come Soft Rains
Dir. Elham Ehsas | 14 mins | Fiction / Realism

Synopsis:
There Will Come Soft Rains follows protagonist Mira, who defies tradition and her Muslim faith to dig up her father’s grave, leading her on a collision coursewith the authorities, faith and family. The story also emphasises the power of unity, forgiveness and second chances, both in saving ourselves and ourplanet.

Can I Live? (Main Feature)
Conceived, written and performed by Fehinti Balogun| 60 mins

Synopsis:
Why don’t we talk about it? Fehinti Balogun asks this urgent question as he shares his personal journey into the defining challenge of our time. Blending spoken word, rap, theatre, animation and scientific insight, Can I Live? explores the intimate relationship between the environmental crisis and the global struggle for social justice. As a young Black British man, Fehinti reflects on how he found his place within the climate movement. A Complicité production in association with the Barbican, London, supported by Oxford Playhouse and Doc Society Climate Story Fund.

Expect thoughtful discussion, community, and urgent conversation.

Come watch. Come question. Come connect.
Tickets:
Radical Film School is a free programme for marginalised participants dedicated to developing, advocating for, and supporting a new generation of political filmmakers that is empowered, diverse, radical, fearlessly creative, and represents the future of the UK's art cinema.

The film screening tickets are on a sliding scale. Regular tickets are £10, for low-income attendees there are £5 tickets. There are free tickets available for those affected by the subject of the film and for those who need them, like attendees on benefits, just select the free ticket option, you do not need to provide evidence or justification.

Accessibility:

A Quiet Room will be available throughout the event. The venue is fully wheelchair accessible. See here for information about accessibility at the Foundry: https://www.aplaceforchange.co.uk/visit-foundry

The Foundry is a social justice and human rights centre in Vauxhall, South London, born out of the need for a space for social justice and human rights organisations, and is a joint venture between Trust for London, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, The Barrow Cadbury Trust, LankellyChase Foundation and The Ethical Property Company.
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Info: 7:00pm – Preservation
7:15pm – There Will Come Soft Rains
7:30pm – Can I Live?
8:30pm – Q&A with filmmakers
9:00-10:00pm – Close and Drinks

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