Everybody to Kenmure Street
Felipe Bustos Sierra / United Kingdom / 2026 / 98 min
On a street in Glasgow, hundreds of residents flock to prevent the deportation of two of their neighbors. Award-winning Sundance hit about civil disobedience and radical neighborliness.
It’s a quiet Thursday morning in Glasgow, the first day of Eid. A white van from Immigration Enforcement rolls into one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods. At dawn, the authorities have raided Kenmure Street and detained two men who are facing deportation. But that’s not how it’s going to be. A passerby simply crawls under the van so it can’t drive away. Rumors spread like wildfire among the row houses. The neighbors drop what they have in their hands and gather in the street. Soon, hundreds of people surround the van.
They demand the release of their neighbors and refuse to give in to the police, the authorities, or the state. In record time, they organize one of the most successful civil resistance actions in recent British history. Through footage from the scene, reconstructions, and archive material, the film follows the events hour by hour. ‘Everybody to Kenmure Street’ is an inspiring and moving story about what ordinary people can achieve when they stand together – and refuse to budge.