#GoHomeGota, the Story Behind Sri Lanka’s Hashtagged Protest Movement
Category
Film showing
24 October 2023
12:30 - 14:00
Venue
Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building, No. 15a, George Square, EdinburghDescription
#GoHomeGota, the Story Behind Sri Lanka’s Hashtagged Protest Movement
Go Home Gota documentary looks at Sri Lanka’s 2022 Aragalaya protests from a protest movement building and mobilisation perspective and centers around interviews with several key core activists who were part of the protest movement since its Galle Face occupation began.
Chair: Prof Jonathan Spencer, SPS, UoE
Key speakers
- Sulochana Peiris, documentary maker, writer and researcher based in Sri Lanka