“WE WILL SCREEN BANNED CORBYN FILM IN EVERY TOWN IN THE COUNTRY,” VOWS PRODUCER
GLASTONBURY AXING OF FILM IS CAUSING A BOOM IN SCREENINGS!
A controversial film about Jeremy Corbyn banned by Glastonbury is going to be screened in every town in the country, claims its producer.
The film’s producer Norman Thomas said: “Glastonbury was forced to drop the film after pressure was put on its sponsors. But we have no sponsors. So we are going to make sure it is going to be shown in every town in the land. This banning is going to rebound in a big way!”
“We will make no charge for screening the film,” Mr Thomas, “People have to just tell us where and when they’re going to screen it. We just want to get the truth out there.”
Mr Thomas totally denied the claims that critics had made of the film.
He said: “It’s been claimed — undoubtedly by people who haven’t seen it — that the film is ‘antisemitic’ — but Glastonbury festival had a lawyer examine it who pronounced it totally free of antisemitism. On top of that, most of the principal commentators in the film are actually Jewish, so, by banning this film, the festival is actually banning Jews.”
He said: “It’s been claimed the film is full of conspiracy theories. This is absolute nonsense. The film is a straightforward documentary which tells the story of how Jeremy Corbyn became leader of the Labour Labour Party and explores the forces that brought him down. It’s a piece of political history that powerful people want to bury — but we won’t let that happen.”
He added: “The film’s director, Chris Reeves, has been a working film-maker for over 50 years and has made programmes for Channel Four and the BBC. This is a well-sourced, professionally made documentary film. And people are attempting to suppress it for one big reason — it tells the truth.”
Narrated by Alexei Sayle, the documentary explores claims Jeremy Corbyn was a victim of a concerted smear campaign, that Keir Starmer played a deceptive “spy cop” role in Corbyn’s shadow cabinet and that Starmer is waging a witch-hunt in the party.
Mr Thomas pointed out that the festival had been advertising the screening on their website for almost a month, but the pressure groups launched their attack on it with just a few days to go before the festival started, in order to do maximum damage.
*Vodafone has announced a partnership with Glastonbury Festival, with the telecoms group replacing EE as the music event’s connectivity partner. Agency Fuse will be working with Vodafone across the entirety of the sport and music partnerships.
Mr Thomas said: “The people behind this attack are skilled in what they do. They don’t want people to know the truth and they don’t want films like this to be seen. And they know how to put the boot in.”
The screening of the film in the festival was due to be followed by a live discussion with film-maker Ken Loach, who also appears in the film.
Mr Thomas: “The same people who have got our film banned are also viciously attacking Ken. The next thing is, they’ll be trying to get his films banned, too. This is just mad McCarthyite stuff.”
“This has gone on long enough. Journalists, who know very well what’s going on, have to stand up and call this out for what it is: rank censorship. The problem is, if they do, they fear being accused of antisemitism. But if enough of us stand together the accusation won’t stick and this madness will end.”
In the meantime, though, according to Mr Thomas, the banning of the film seems to have backfired in a big way. He said: “Since news of the ban has got out, we have been inundated by people wanting to organise screenings of the film in towns across the country. And we will do all we can to help them. Between us we will get the truth out there.”
To see a trailer of the film, go to https://youtu.be/9TACIA7oSIk.
For details of other screenings of the film go to https://www.facebook.com/platformfilmsuk/ or email [email protected].
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