At this special 50th anniversary screening of Black Panthers, directed by Agnes Varda, we were honoured to welcome Irish Civil rights leader, feminist, socialist and elder stateswoman of anti-establishment politics, Bernadette McAliskey.McAliskey has her own personal connections with the Black Panthers; after she was given a golden key to the city of New York by Mayor Lindsay she handed it over to the Black Panther Party “as a gesture of solidarity with the black liberation and revolutionary socialist movements in America.”McAliskey will be relaying what life was like at this time in Northern Ireland, detailing her experiences during The Troubles and as a political candidate. She will be in conversation with Bill Rolston.