Join us for our second Festival of Social Science event, with special screenings of two short films made by Migrants in Action – ‘We still fight in the dark’ and ‘When the lights go off…and the cleaners get in’.

Explore creative methods and ideas more with Migrants in Action, where we will also have a creative workshop addressing how creative, visual and embodied (VEM) approaches and applied drama methods can generate collective care.

We will explore what collective care means and how it can be built.

This is a free public event. Everyone is welcome, whatever your experiences. Refreshments will be provided.

About the films

‘We still fight in the dark’

In collaboration with a group of 12 resilient Brazilian women, the film explores gender violence experienced by two groups: women and girls living in the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro, Complexo da Maré – where residents are predominantly poor and where Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG) is endemic – and among the Brazilian women living in London, one of the fastest-growing migrant groups in the city and the largest among Latin American countries.

‘When the lights go off…and the cleaners get in’

A poetic performance dwelving into the lives, dreams, and struggles of Latin American women working in the heart of London's cleaning sector. The project explores the incredible journeys of Latin American women. It’s a celebration of their strength, determination, and the richness they bring to the tapestry of London’s diverse workforce.

 

This is part of a series of events for the ongoing ESRC-funded project, Visual and Embodied Methodologies for Intersectional Gendered Violence and Imaging Gendered Violence - an Editorial project created and developed by the VEM Network at King’s, curated and published by Arts Cabinet in their Editorial series, 2024.