The UK is Not Innocent: the story of INQUEST

Film Screening at Union Chapel

CONTENT WARNING: This film features addresses sensitives themes. It includes material on the following: hateful language, racism, classism, sexism, mental ill health, sexual assault, child abuse, self-harm, suicide, violence, torture, death and dying.

**Please be mindful of this before and after coming to the screening** 

INQUEST is proud to screen The UK is Not Innocent: the story of INQUEST at the magnificent Union Chapel bar in Islington on 13 November.

The UK is Not Innocent is a 45-minute documentary film made by Rainbow Collective as part of INQUEST’s 40 years heritage project. The film traces INQUEST’s evolution from a grassroots collective of families bereaved by state-related deaths to an established charity providing expertise on deaths in custody, exposing forty years of state violence and resistance in England and Wales.

Following the screening, there will be a Q&A chaired by producer Jessica Pandian with Anna Rose, mother of Marcus Hanlin, who died due to neglect whilst living in a care home in 2022 and Susan Alexander, mother of Azelle Rodney who was fatally shot by the police in 2005. 

The UK is Not Innocent features Benjamin Zephaniah’s last recorded poem. Our patron for over 20 years, we are honoured to showcase his poem as part of the Benjamin Zephaniah National Memorial Events Calendar.

The INQUEST shop will be open, so get your t-shirts, tote bags and badges including our special edition merch in collaboration with Black Lodge Press.

INQUEST is independent of government and entirely reliant on grants and donations to continue our vital work. We need to recover some of the costs for hosting this event, so have four ticket options, from super supporter to concessions.