POSTPONED Wild about Film: Mothers of the Revolution

24 June 2026

6:30 pm - 9:15 pm

£5

Apologies but the event is postponed (due to the severe heat warnings for Wednesday) until Wednesday 1st July. If you have already booked a ticket but are unable to make the new date, please get in touch and we will refund your ticket: lo****@**el.coop

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Welcome to Wild About Film! our film club that sparks conversation and inspires action through the power of cinema.

Mothers of the Revolution

In 1981 a group of 36 women set off on a 120 mile march from Cardiff to Berkshire to protest against the planned arrival of American nuclear missiles on UK soil. The Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp grew from that small number of individuals to thousands. It challenged world leaders, altered the course of history and inspired millions as the world’s first and biggest female-only demonstration

Our panel for the evening consists of Karmen Thomas, one of the four friends from Ammanford and nearby, whose original idea the march was, and Jill Evans, one of the original marchers and current Vice Chair of CND Cymru

“We changed ourselves and in changing ourselves, we inspired so many women to change the world” – Rebecca Johnson, Greenham Woman

Film: 6.30 pm

Interval: 8.15 pm – order your drinks / food from the cafe as you arrive

Discussion: 8.30 – 9.15pm

Our panel:

Jill Evans was born and still lives in the Rhondda Valley.

Jill was a Plaid Cymru councillor in the Rhondda, on Mid-Glamorgan County Council and Rhondda Cynon Taf council until she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for Wales in 1999. She was re-elected four times and was an MEP until 2020 when the UK left the European Union.

Jill was Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Cymru/Wales and is now Vice-Chair. She was a member of Heddwch Nain/Mamgu (Our Grandmothers’ Peace), formed to mark the 2024 centenary of the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition to the women of the United States and to work to realise the aims of the women a century ago. She is Vice-Chair of Academi Heddwch Cymru, Wales’s peace institute.

Karmen Thomas lived in the Amman Valley for over three decades, bringing up her four children, working in different roles including as a trade union official, co-founding Women for Life on Earth, and volunteering with various community projects. In 2009 she moved to Swansea and was awarded a doctorate in history from Swansea University. She now combines research and writing with her role as President of the Royal Institution of South Wales.

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