FREE PARTY: A FOLK HISTORY

EUROPE / Free Party: A Folk History Virtual Premiere +On Demand + Bonus Extra Films

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Available May 30, 2025 6:00 PM UTC
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£15This program of 5 films will broadcast live May 30th at 6:00 pm UTC. You will not be able to pause or rewind. After the live broadcast, you can access an on-demand recording any time until June 2nd at 10:00 pm UTC. Once you begin watching, you will have 72 hours to complete your viewing. Need help?

The virtual premiere event will run throughout the evening on Friday 30th May including the film as well as a number of bonus featuresr. Full timings and running order to be confirmed soon . After the event has finished, you can watch all the films, at any time including the film itself up until June 2nd including a mini doc with Jeremy Deller, an interview with legendary traveller / alternative culture photographer Alan ''Tash' Lodge, and Q and As with sound systems including Spiral Tribe, DiY and other bonus content. Check the side panel to the right for info on each bonus feature!.

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
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  • Director
    Aaron Trinder
  • Producer
    Kate Allan
  • 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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