Film Screening - How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Join Sheffield Transformed for a screening of 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline'.

The film follows a collection of activists driven by a variety of motivations to destroy fossil fuel infrastructure in West Texas. Loosely inspired by the political arguments addressed in Andreas Malm's book of the same name, which garnered widespread attention and critical discussion, 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' is a story based around the core thesis of the book: that property destruction and sabotage of infrastructure is a valid and crucial action to take in the face of ecological collapse driven by capitalism. 

The plot and cinematography bear many of the hallmarks of a heist thriller, while also viscerally portraying the presently unfolding societal consequences of environmental destruction. At the same time, the film explores the complex questions which surround how we choose to react to this catastrophe - does the environmental violence unleashed by capitalists justify violence in response? 

Before the screening begins, local activist Alice Swift will speak about real-life efforts to resist fossil fuel extraction projects.

Alice has been an anti-capitalist climate justice activist for 16 years. She co-founded the fossil fuel divestment movement in 2013, helped stop fracking with Reclaim the Power, and has been fighting against coal and fossil gas with Ende Gelände in Germany since 2015. In recent years she worked on the Stop Rosebank campaign against North Sea oil and gas and the campaign to stop deforested trees (biomass) being used to generate electricity. She is currently working for the Green Party and finishing her PhD on the use of protest camps in the European climate justice movement.

Venue

Broomhall Centre, Broomspring Lane, Sheffield S10 2FD.

The venue is close to tram stops, bus stops and free on-street car parking. The venue is wheelchair accessible and has an accessible toilet.

Ticket Pricing

We want as many as people as possible to attend our events and don't want ticket prices to be a barrier. At the same time, we need to raise enough money to cover costs, such as hiring the venue, while also raising some funds to put towards expanding our movement. We've put together a sliding scale of ticket prices so that we can raise the money we need, without pricing anyone out.

When booking a place, we would ask that you select the ticket that you can afford:

• £6 Standard Ticket: This is the default ticket price.
• £8 Solidarity Ticket: If you are comfortable and have a decent income, please consider paying a little more.
• £3 Low Income Ticket: For people on lower incomes who cannot afford the full ticket price.
• No Charge Ticket: For people with no recourse to public funds, workers on strike and people who have no disposable income at all.