The fightback against the wholesale privatisation of services in Barnet is continuing this month, with the release of a new film about life for the people of the north London borough.
The world premiere of Barnet – The Billion Pound Gamble will be screened at the Phoenix Cinema in Finchley, on Monday 22 October.
The new film comes hot on the heels of A Tale of Two Barnets and explores how the people of Barnet are coping with changes to parking, cuts to care budgets and the effect of the council’s One Barnet outsourcing programme on their lives.
Interviews with Olympic torchbearers, gold medal winners from the special Olympics, local business people, carers and disabled people are interspersed with some of the events that have shaped life in Barnet this year.
After the success of the first film, many people approached director Charles Honderick and producer Roger Tichborne asking to participate in a follow up.
The production team found that A Tale of Two Barnets had only scratched the surface of the story.
The sequel lifts the lid on the real-life stories that the council doesn’t want you to hear – and is a perfect illustration of why the March for a Future that Works, just two days earlier on 20 October, in London, Glasgow or Belfast, is so important.
Mr Honderick said: “The response to A Tale of Two Barnets has been overwhelming.
“So much has changed and moved on since January when we finished the film. I have been inundated with requests to make a follow up.
“We have also received several donations from ordinary members of the public to help with the costs. It reached the point where it would have been impossible not to make a follow up.”
