FREE PARTY: A FOLK HISTORY

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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.
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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.
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.
BONUS CONTENT - Free Party Q&A - Meet the sound systems
BONUS CONTENT - Q and A with the sound systems
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
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
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ALL FILMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND UNTIL JUNE 2ND!


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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. FULLY UPDATED FOR 2025 this version of the film has never been screened before, complete with new footage from a variety of events!

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    105 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United Kingdom
  • Premiere
    Virtual Premiere
  • Subtitle Language
    English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
  • Content Warning
    Drugs, Profanity, Violence
  • Awards
    Doc N Roll Audience Award
  • Social Media
  • Director
    Aaron Trinder
  • Producer
    Kate Allan
  • Executive Producer
    Jez Lewis
  • Co-Producer
    Marc Hardman, Lusk Kumar, Jez Lewis, Joe Giacomet, Justi Echeles, Olly Calverley, Jon Mead,
  • Cast
    Spiral Tribe, DiY, circus warp
  • Cinematographer
    Steven Gray, Amanda Stockley, Aaron Trinder, Laurie Bowles, Geoff Taylor, Will Hadley
  • Editor
    Andrew Gaston, Nick Evans
  • Animator
    Marc Hardman
  • Composer
    Aaron Trinder
  • Sound Design
    Aaron Trinder, Tom Parsons, Emmet O'Donnel, Steve Boardman
  • Music
    Aaron Trinder
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