Films For Workers: Behind the Rent Strike + Panel
Part of the Rio Cinema's FILMS FOR WORKERS season, presented in collaboration with London Renters' Union.
BEHIND THE RENT STRIKE (1974) deals with the rent strike undertaken by 3000 tenants in Kirkby New Town, shortly before Christmas 1973, as a protest against the Housing Finance Bill.
FILMS FOR WORKERS is a season of low-cost cinema for trade union members running at the Rio Cinema from January to February 2026, celebrating worker solidarity and empowerment and exploring labour conditions on screen, as well as creating a space where audience members can take part in discussions of their own working lives.
This event will feature a post-screening discussion with the London Renters' Union.
Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/film-hub-london