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We are forming a collective to voice #Sheffield cinema workers’ experience.
We are in solidarity with Tyneside staff who disclosed their experiences.
#ShowsOver

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[Save Tyneside @SaveTyneside]

Good morning! Think about giving these accounts a follow if you care about workers in the film exhibition, cinema & cultural sectors being safe and respected.

@showsover_
@Tate_United
@cineactiongroup
@OdeonUnion
@PCS_Southbank

#TynesUp #EnoughIsEnough #SaveTheArtsWorkers

[Oobah Butler @Oobahs]

This will make sense in a bit, but for any Amazon employees who watch #thegreatamazonheist, visit https://t.co/ET7yYlZRAJ for help

[Show Is Over @showsover_]

any cinema manager heading out to Cannes (and seemingly bragging about it) while Front of House staff - who ARE your cinema - are looking at pay cuts and/or monthly hardships for the pleasure of working in a negative environment... it's not a good look

[Save Tyneside @SaveTyneside]

We would like a little more public information about how Tyneside Cinema has now, as stated here, delivered on their commitment to change following the independent review in 2020.

Theres not a lot of information here: https://t.co/KoGCmvyZNN

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any cinema manager heading out to Cannes (and seemingly bragging about it) while Front of House staff - who ARE your cinema - are looking at pay cuts and/or monthly hardships for the pleasure of working in a negative environment... it's not a good look

[Show Is Over @showsover_]

talk about using welcoming and inclusive language that doesn't immediately 'other' people from marginalised backgrounds

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How does a cinema receive almost half a million pounds to engage with 'local communities', and title this work "Another Country"?
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[BFI Press & Industry @BFI_Industry]

Announced: BFI #NationalLottery Audience Projects Fund awards £6.48M to 17 ambitious projects across the UK to grow new audiences from 2023-26. https://t.co/4oBCZFcSId

[Save Tyneside @SaveTyneside]

There's definitely a need for some critical thinking around cinema and funding deficits at the moment.

It's easy to get swept up in nostalgia, but we need to focus on the future of how are cinemas are run right now.

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

BFI Admits To Systemic Racism & Vows To Improve After Apologizing To ‘Four Lions’ Producer For Mishandling Discrimination Complaint https://t.co/SzU0npzN0u

[Boots Riley @BootsRiley]

It's basically brandishing ur weapon and showing that its loaded- maybe ur opponent would like to solve this matter without it being used.

Its also a 1st step b4 walking. A strike is a hard thing to organize. Sometimes workers wanna know which other workers are gonna b down.

[Screen International @Screendaily]

.@BFI exec to head new UK anti-bullying Independent Standards Authority https://t.co/xYoMPmMj08

[Show Is Over @showsover_]

@FilmTVCharity @cineworld So, partnering with a cinema chain which has notoriously treated their staff badly, and undoubtedly caused some of their own workers to use your service?
make this make sense
@cineactiongroup

[Save Tyneside @SaveTyneside]

BFI heads under-reacting to and / or removing themselves from shocking industry events unfolding is a continuous theme.

Took an industry petition led by outsider cultural workers before any action was taken on the Tyneside Cinema workers plight in 2020.

[Save Tyneside @SaveTyneside]

It's time for more than white cis men with huge exposure and/or salaries telling us to "treasure" our cultural cinemas.

It's time for a radical film exhibition industry led by it's workers.

[Show Is Over @showsover_]

It's this kind of passive response - positioning as bystanders - which just accepts this and sees workers unconsidered.
Unsurprising, given #LFF partner with certain cinemas, and the treatment of cinema workers goes unanswered.
And all with the recent 'Screen Culture' strategy.

[Show Is Over @showsover_]

only one local outlet has ever covered these isuues, and even they only scratched the surface

https://t.co/ggSKQJK0cR

[The Tribune @sheffieldtrib]

“They put on lots of work that is politically motivated or is trying to expose injustices,” he tells me.

“But their working practices sometimes fall short of the films that they show.”

How @sheffdocfest attempted to move on after a tumultuous year 🎞
https://t.co/2EUnHBKTD2

[Show Is Over @showsover_]

it makes sense now...

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

🍿 '...the cinemas of #Sheffield’s city centre aren’t just doing well – slowly but surely, they are making their comebacks.'

🎞️ Local cinemas suffered during the pandemic, but how are they faring now restrictions have eased? #film

👇 Read here https://t.co/LVtpHzbbtQ

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https://t.co/GjECXM42ir

[BFI @BFI]

BFI statement: Tyneside Cinema

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It would have been better to see, given their coverage of similar issues, the treatment of cinema workers over the past couple of years (and beyond) at these cinemas at least mentioned...

The romanticism of the "big screen" has long covered abusive work practices.

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

🍿 #Sheffield's cinemas suffered during the pandemic, but how are they faring now restrictions have eased? #film

👇 Read here https://t.co/LVtpHzaDEi

[Show Is Over @showsover_]

just a snapshot ⬇️

https://t.co/37ovHlJcAJ

[VICE UK @VICEUK]

When the Dream of Working in Indie Film Turns Into a Nightmare https://t.co/pMyUsZqwtx