Spring Film Screening - Helen Kelly: Together

Name: Spring Film Screening - Helen Kelly: Together
Start: 2025-10-08T08:30:00+13:00
Location: Space Academy

Schedule

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025 at 08:30 am

UTC+13:00

Location

Space Academy | Christchurch, CA

Join us for a spring film screening of Helen Kelly: Together. This is maybe a cosier event than usual, perfect for introducing your mates to the CSS! As ever, our public events are free to attend and open to the public.
Director Tony Sutorius describes this documentary as "Helen Kelly’s last year fighting injustice, with love". Sutorius (Campaign) filmed the renowned trade unionist as she battled lung cancer and continued advocating. Kelly was a staunch advocate for better safety standards in the Kiwi forestry industry, and sought justice through the courts for families of Pike River mine victims. This trailer shows Kelly's health deteriorating, but not her sense of humour — "shut the door, some of us don't have long to live" — and includes brief but harrowing footage from the Pike River disaster.