FREE PARTY: A FOLK HISTORY

AUS/NZ/ASIA/ Free Party: A Folk History Virtual Premiere +On Demand + Bonus Extra Films

Expired June 2, 2025 9:45 PM
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6 films in package
MAIN FEATURE - Free Party: A Folk History (2025 edition)
The film follows the inception of the movement, a meeting between ravers and the new age travellers during Thatcher's last days in power, and the explosive years that followed, leading up the infamous Castlemorton free festival in 1992 - the largest ever illegal rave, which provoked the drastic change of the laws of trespass with the notorious introduction of the Criminal Justice Act in 1994.
Closed captions available
BONUS CONTENT - Jeremy Deller meets Aaron Trinder
BONUS CONTENT - A mini doc with artist Jeremy Deller and Aaron Trinder discussing his work Raves, Free Parties and Stonehenge.
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BONUS CONTENT - 'A Traveller's Tale' - Alan 'Tash' Lodge
BONUS CONTENT - An interview with Alan 'Tash' Lodge - who's been archiving sub cultures, travelling and alternative lifestyles for over 4 decades.
Closed captions available
BONUS CONTENT - Free Party Q&A - Meet the sound systems
BONUS CONTENT - Q and A with the sound systems
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BONUS CONTENT - Free Party Q&A 2 - Meet the filmmakers
BONUS CONTENT - Meet the people behind some of the footage in the film who shot famous events such as Castlemorton way before most people had cameras in a scene which was mistrustful of people with cameras! With contributions from Andrew Gaston, Justin Potter-Phillips and Gareth Morris
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MAIN FEATURE - FREE PARTY - ROKU / FIIRESTICK 1080 VERSION
The film follows the inception of the movement, a meeting between ravers and the new age travellers during Thatcher's last days in power, and the explosive years that followed, leading up the infamous Castlemorton free festival in 1992 - the largest ever illegal rave, which provoked the drastic change of the laws of trespass with the notorious introduction of the Criminal Justice Act in 1994.
Closed captions available

ALL FILMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND UNTIL JUNE 2ND!


You'll be able to watch the films on-demand AT ANY TIME during the weekend until 11pm on June 2nd. You have 72 hours to complete once you start watching.


We STRONGLY suggest you check the technical requirements ahead of the time @ https://watch.eventive.org/help and make sure that your particular set up works ok with your device, tv, pc etc. You can watch it on a Tablet/iPad, phone, laptop, desktop pc or with the EVENTIVE App on Apple TV, Roku, Firestick etc - but please check the HELP PAGE for more info. There is also a help / chat button if you have any issues during the stream. We're not in charge of the tech so it's best to contact Eventive with any technical issues during the stream.


If you have an older Firestick or Roku device you may want to try the specifically encoded version aimed at compatibility called 'MAIN FEATURE - FREE PARTY - ROKU / FIIRESTICK 1080 VERSION' which is available at the bottom of the list of films.



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BONUS CONTENT - Free Party: 'A Travellers Tale'. A mini doc on the origins of the traveller movement, stonehenge, the bean field and Castlemorton. Featuring Alan's photography - a bonus film showing as part of the Free Party: A Folk History 'virtual premiere event'

  • Runtime
    40 minutes
  • Director
    Aaron Trinder
  • Filmmaker
    Aaron Trinder
  • Editor
    Aaron Trinder
  • Music
    Aaron Trinder
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