Wolverhampton’s first screening of the film
11 July – venue was changed to accommodate a larger audience but all those tickets were sold, with 100 attending. Thanks to Mr Gill.
proceeds will be donated to Platform Films to help them make more films.
With the support of an extraordinary grassroots movement, British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn came close to becoming PM.
The establishment trembled. Britain stood on the threshold of huge political change.
But within three years all, it seemed, was lost. What happened and why?
Produced by award-winning radical film-maker Platform Films(2023), with contributions from Jackie Walker, Ken Loach, Andrew Murray, Graham Bash and Moshe Machover, and narrated by Alexei Sayle, this feature-length documentary film explores a dark and murky story of political deceit.
It also uncovers the critical role played by current Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer and asks if the movement which backed Corbyn could rise again.
from the Morning Star: Documentary film aims to expose a “conspiracy of smears” to destroy former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The Big Lie examines an “orchestrated attack” on the Islington North MP and his supporters from the right of the party, opposition forces and lobbyists.
Scriptwriter Norman Thomas said: “A conspiracy of smears was used to bring down Jeremy Corbyn and this film will give chapter and verse on how it was done.”
Mr Thomas, who was chair of Kent’s South Thanet Labour Party until December 2020 when he was suspended over his support for Mr Corbyn.
“Boris Johnson tried to get himself out of trouble by trying to smear [Labour leader] Keir Starmer with the Jimmy Savile scandal,” he said.
“This is ironic considering that Starmer himself has used fake allegations of anti-semitism to purge hundreds of members of his own party.
“It just illustrates the way smearing has become the weapon of choice in politics today.”
Donations to the documentary, produced by independent movie makers Platform Films, can be made at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/labour-the-big-lie