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Anti-immigration protesters force climbdown in Sundance documentary
An estimated 2,500 residents of Pollockshields blocked a Home Office dawn raid in 2021, successfully securing detainees' release and inspiring a documentary at Sundance.
- In 2021, Pollockshields residents blocked a dawn deportation raid by Britain's Home Office targeting two men on the first day of Eid and secured their release.
- Using cellphones and social apps, locals mobilized a spontaneous, leaderless protest that grew from a few to thousands via WhatsApp groups, book-club texts, and Facebook livestreams.
- One volunteer crawled beneath the van and stayed for over eight hours while the local mosque opened its doors and protesters ran a makeshift pantry at a bus stop.
- At Sundance, the premiere coincided with visible protests as Felipe Bustos Sierra's film premiered amid anti-ICE protesters and celebrities including Natalie Portman and Olivia Wilde.
- Amid a charged festival atmosphere, the film positioned community resistance in a larger debate as Sundance Film Festival served as a stage where cultural power and political reality met, amplifying debates on state violence and immigration enforcement.
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