Venue: Number 70 Oxford Road
Thursday 9 May 2019

Contact: Lucy Simpson
Email: lucy.simpson@mmu.ac.uk

A festival of crime films chosen by crime experts to give an alternative take on the contemporary problem of crime, justice and punishment in the 21st Century.

This month-long festival brings together crime fiction to illuminate crime fact.

MONA LISA

Eighties neo-noir crime classic starring Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson and Michael Caine written and directed by Neil Jordan.

George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King’s Cross days. That’s when George’s troubles just start.

Introduction and Q&A

Going straight…it ain’t easy – In an introduction to the film and Q and A afterwards, PERU’s Kevin Wong will expose the obstacles faced by prisoners leaving prison, why two out of three short term prisoners reoffend and what could be done to help prisoners go straight.