A free screening of a documentary on workers in New York’s Chinatown, at Armley Mills Industrial Museum this Saturday afternoon.
As part of our Interwoven Histories project Pavilion presents Christine Choy’s 1976 film From Spikes to Spindles
This raw portrait bears witness to the early days of an emerging consciousness in New York’s Chinatown community during the mid-’70s. We see a Chinatown rarely depicted, a vibrant community whose young and old join forces to protest police brutality and hostile real estate developers.
Woven through the film are reminders that this is a community built by workers: from the early laborers driving spikes into the transcontinental railroad to the garment industries of the day.
The film will be presented against the backdrop of our current Interwoven Histories exhibition at Armley Industrial Museum.
The MillSpace
Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills
Canal Road
Leeds
LS12 2QF
Free entry
Book via eventbrite
The usual cost of admission to the museum is waivered for anyone coming to see the film, however booking is essential.
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