GANDHI – – IKEDA EXHIBITION 4TH – 10TH OCTOBER 2016

5TH OCTOBER 7-9pm WORKSHOPS PROGRAMME Selma is a 2014 British-American historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by , , Martin Luther King, Jr. and John TH 4 OCTOBER 6-7pm Lewis. The film stars actors David Oyelowo Launch of the Exhibition. Three Ordinary as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Men – Three Extraordinary Lives – AVF in Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Partnership with SGI UK present an Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott exhibition as part of AFRIFEST 2016. King and as Bevel. Selma Seminars with Inspirational Leaders, Films premiered at the American Film Institute Presenting the Lives of the Three Leaders Festival on November 11, 2014, began a on the theme of as a way of limited US release on December 25, and achieving peace. expanded into wide theatrical release on Bristol resident and local philanthropist January 9, 2015, two months before the Helen Wilde was sworn in as High Sheriff 50th anniversary of the march. The film got for the City of Bristol on Tuesday 22 March, a re-release on March 20, 2015 in honor of she will be launching the Gandhi-King- the 50th anniversary of the historical Exhibition. The reception will commence at march. 6pm with a statement from Helen and Selma had four Golden Globe Award spoken word presentation. nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director and Best Actor and won for Best Original Song. It was also nominated for Best Picture and won Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards.

first book, Stride Toward Freedom. The six principles include:

 PRINCIPLE ONE: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.  PRINCIPLE TWO: Nonviolence seeks 6th OCTOBER 7-9pm to win friendship and Gandhi And The Practice Of Non-Violence. understanding. Talk by Graham Davey from The Gandhi  PRINCIPLE THREE: Nonviolence Foundation. Sumita Hutchinson from the seeks to defeat injustice not Bristol Hindu community will give a short people. talk based on ancient Hindu teachings that  PRINCIPLE FOUR: Nonviolence would have been a prominent influence in holds that suffering can educate Gandhi's upbringing, relating non-violent and transform. actions together with the idea of the  PRINCIPLE FIVE: Nonviolence universality between human beings. chooses love instead of hate. Followed by a Q&A session.  PRINCIPLE SIX: Nonviolence Graham Davey explores thoughts from the believes that the universe is on the Gandhi Foundation perspective, looking at side of justice. the more modern influences that would Heidi Reardon shares her experience of have affected Gandhi. With particular supporting the and focus on his time in the UK, South Africa the impact this has had on her life. and the books he may have read that gave him insight on how to deal with the colonialists on his search for non-violent independence. Followed by a Q&A session.

7th OCTOBER 7-9pm A Perspective of Dr Martin Luther King - 8th OCTOBER 2:30 - 4pm Peaches Golding Bristol's first ever female Reclaiming The Human Spirit: Nuclear black High Sheriff, champion of equality, Abolition and Peace Through Individual and an OBE discusses the six principles of Action. Talk by Sanya Rajpal and Tania non-violence from Dr King’s Perspective. Porqueddu - SGI-UK Youth Division The fundamental tenets of Dr. King’s philosophy of nonviolence described in his The 'Enemy is not nuclear weapons per se, nor is it the states that possess or develop them. The real enemy that we must confront is the ways of thinking that justify Luther King Jr. and Daisaku Ikeda have nuclear weapons; the readiness to sought to forge an existence filled with annihilate others when they are seen as a dignity, freedom and happiness for all threat or as a hindrance to the realisation people. to our objectives' (2009 Peace Proposal, Daisaku Ikeda). This tendency, of violence and disrespect, is something every person can relate to in different ways - be it towards ourselves or those we interact with or see in the news. The discussion surrounding peace, nuclear abolition, or any sort of social change is often focused on large organisations or overly academic theory. Two representatives from SGI-UK Youth Division; Tania Porqueddu, a post- doctorate researcher in Social Anthropology and Sanya Rajpal, a Law student and social activist, will discuss the role of the individuals in creating change in society. Talk will be followed by a short break and Q&A session

9th OCTOBER 12-1PM / 3-4PM Short film screenings - The Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A Legacy of Building Peace” was created with the hope that by examining the lives of these great figures, viewers will find these lofty ideals and principles within the grasp of their own daily existence. For it is within the mundane realm of daily living that Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin