Date & Time: 7pm, Monday, 10th November
Location: East Quay Kitchen
Ticket: £5
Film Rating: 12A

Come along to the East Quay Kitchen at 7pm on Monday 10th November for a screening of Gentle, Angry Women, a coming-of age documentary following three young activists as they trace the legacy of Greenham Common Women's Peace protest, forty years on.

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Summary:

A new generation of young female activists awakens to a powerful, forgotten chapter of women's history. As they navigate the complexities of teenage life and social activism, three young women - Poppy (16), Xanthe (17), and Evie (19) - discover the remarkable Greenham Common Women's Peace Movement. This ground-breaking protest saw 30,000 women stand resolute against nuclear armament forty years earlier.

Their journey is an intimate intergenerational dialogue and a 110-mile march over nine days, retracing the steps of the original Greenham Common protesters in 1981. These young women uncover not just a historical movement but a living, breathing legacy of collective courage and resistance.

Gentle, Angry Women is a poignant and timely documentary that weaves personal discovery, historical remembrance, and contemporary activism together. It confronts the rising global tensions of our time while celebrating the enduring power of women's collective action - revealing a bridge between past courage and present hope.

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The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Gentle, Angry Women's director, Barbara Santi and artist, Lyn Barlow.

About Barbara Santi

Barbara Santi is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and producer dedicated to using film and digital media for positive social change. With over 20 years of experience, she has created work for Channel 4, Carlton TV, and numerous film festivals, galleries, and community platforms. After starting her career at Working Title Films, she moved to West Cornwall to focus on independent filmmaking. She co-founded Awen Productions CIC in 2006 and launched Folklife Films in 2025 to showcase cinematic documentaries. As a creative producer, director, and editor, Barbara is passionate about amplifying under-represented voices and exploring themes of rural life, heritage, human rights, and the environment.

About Lyn Barlow

Lyn's main body of work draws on shared experiences, social and cultural history, and the belief that the personal as political. She considers herself a proponent of the ever-growing Craftivism movement, using textiles and craft-based practices to explore themes of activism, identity, and community. Her work has featured at East Quay, Watchet alongside Grayson Perry, and in Social Fabric at Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance. She is involved with a number of community and grass roots craft groups and initiatives.

Lyn Barlow was a protestor at Greenham Common’s peace camp from 1983 to 1987, worked as a researcher for the New Statesman for a year, before studying at New Hall College (now Murray Edwards), Cambridge University before moving to the West Country.

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Check out the trailer below:

Tickets cost £5. Anyone under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Run time: 63 minutes + Q&A

Please book in advance.