August sees the launch of Frontline's new Liberation season. In the heat of summer, Frontline Club talks will be devoted to 'protest' and our screenings begin a three-month season looking at freedom of speech, race, gender, sexuality, religion and justice.

The season kicks off on 4 August with a launch party "Riots on the streets of Paddington?" where a balloon debate will decide which protestor, campaigner or agitator has had the biggest impact on their world over the last 100 years.

A powerful season of films begins with acclaimed director Sorious Samura's new documentary Africa's Last Taboo which shows the harsh reality faced by gay people throughout Africa.

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Riots on the streets of Paddington?
Wed 04, Aug 2010 19:00

£12.50/10 early booking (£8 concessions - students/seniors)

Join us at the Frontline Club where we will be celebrating the launch of our 'Liberation' season bringing over 20 films on some of the most significant and pressing issues of our times and a summer season of talks looking at 'protest'.

Liberation Season: Screening - Africa's Last Taboo
Thu 05, Aug 2010 19:00

£10/£8 early booking (£5 Concessions - Student & Seniors)

Followed by a Q&A with Director Sorious Samura and Producer/Director Robin Barnwell

What is Africa's last taboo? Emmy award winner and director of Cry Freetown Sorious Samura, brings to light the brutal and little-reported contemporary persecution faced by tens of thousands of African gay men.

Liberation Season: Screening - India's Forgotten Women
Mon 09, Aug 2010 19:00

£10/£8 early booking (£5 Concessions - Student & Seniors)

Followed by a Q&A with Director Michael Lawson

India's forgotten women delves into the startling reality women's lives in India, which are often dictated by ancient rites and customs, alive and thriving within the world's largest democracy.

Online Protest: power to the people?
Tue 10, Aug 2010 19:00

£12.50/10 early booking (£8 concessions - students/seniors)

Social media has opened up new ways for people to communicate, organise and campaign. But in what ways are people using social media for political ends? Looking at examples from around the world we will be examining the ways in which new tools are being used and the way they have been used to challenge authority. With: Ben Chesterton, Duckrabbit

Google: friend or foe for news publishers?
Wed 11, Aug 2010 19:00

£12.50/10 early booking (£8 concessions - students/seniors)

There's no doubting the power Google: having re-written the online advertising rule-book, its AdSense system is now used to make money by publishers around the world who rely on its search algorithm to drive traffic. But is dealing with Google and search engines an inevitability, or do SEO techniques cheapen journalism?

Liberation Season: Screening - American: The Bill Hicks Story
Fri 13, Aug 2010 19:00

£10/£8 early booking (£5 Concessions - Student & Seniors)

Followed by a Q&A with Directors Paul Thomas and Matt Harlock

Charismatic and and piercingly witty to most, aggressively sanctimonious to others, Bill Hicks life and work are dramatically brought to life in this acclaimed documentary.

Protest: Can unarmed people still change the world?
Tues 17, Aug 2010 19:00

£12.50/10 early booking (£8 concessions - students/seniors)

Can everyday people change the world? With conflicts raging across the world and European governments imposing stringent austerity measures, people are wondering more and more how they can play a role in shaping their future. With Steve Crawshaw, author of Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity, and Ingenuity Can Change the World

Iraq revisited: The Triangle of Death
Wed 18, Aug 2010 19:00

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What happened to 1st Platoon, Bravo Company while they were deployed in Iraq's Triangle of Death? Why did they spin out of control to such a degree that four of their men raped a 14-year-old girl and killed her family? Jim Frederick will be discussing how daily violence chipped away at the sanity of the 35 men in 1st Platoon, Bravo Company in his new book Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death.

Liberation Season: Screening - Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
Fri 20, Aug 2010 19:00

£10/£8 early booking (£5 Concessions - Student & Seniors)

In Shouting Fire director Liz Garbus shows that in the post 9/11 climate freedom of speech is not only a fundamental requirement but one that Americans may also have to fight for.

Liberation Season: Screening - 1968
Mon 23, Aug 2010 19:00

£10/£8 early booking (£5 Concessions - Student & Seniors)

Followed by a discussion with Martin Bell who covered the events of 1968 extensively, chaired by BBC Storyville Series Editor Nick Fraser
1968 explores the events of a pivotal year that left the world reeling to examine its true legacy. Drawing on extensive, and rarely-seen archives from around the world, the film revisits the hopes, the fears and ultimately, the despair of the time.

Protest: From budget cuts to riots? How will Britain react to government spending cuts?

Tue 24, Aug 2010 19:00

£12.50/10 early booking (£8 concessions - students/seniors)

After the recession, now come the cuts. The UK is facing some of the most stringent public sector budget cuts since the Second World War. Will the UK population accept the austerity measures being ushered in or take to the streets to oppose them? Are scenes similar to those in Greece likely in our cities?