Motion · S4M-04540 · 23 Oct 2012

The Happy Lands in National Schools Film Week

Lodged by John Park Standard Motion 27 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the news that the film, The Happy Lands, which is set during the General Strike of 1926, will be showing in Edinburgh on 1 November 2012 as part of National Schools Film Week; understands that the film week, which in Scotland will run from 1 to 9 November, is the world’s largest free film festival for cinemas and schools and that, in 2011, 470,000 students attended over 2,600 screenings in 520 cinemas across the UK; is delighted that pupils in Scotland will have the opportunity to learn about the history of mining communities in Fife, and congratulates the film-maker, Theatre Workshop Scotland, on what it sees as its continued success.

Supporters (27)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.