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‘A Letter To The Prime Minister follows Jo Wilding on her remarkable journey of the last few years, in Iraq. Narrated as a letter to Tony Blair and using original diary extracts, the film covers her challenging of the legality of the devasting economic sanctions imposed on the country, through to her activities in Baghdad before and during the 2003 invasion. The film traces the non-violent resistance to US/UK policy in the region. In April 2004, Wilding travelled into Falluja, to stand alongside the civilians trapped in the besieged city.
Wilding serves as witness to the destruction of the lives of ordinary people during the bombing campaign and their subsequent neglect, but Wilding also has another incarnation. She formed the Boomchucka Circus to work with school children and refugees.
The film is a moving picture of the terrible impact of the war in Iraq.
Jo Wilding has been nominated with ‘1000 women for Peace’ for a Nobel Peace Prize.
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