Sign
of the Times

We are raising £30,000 to complete Sign Of The Times as an independent, publicly funded documentary.

In the current climate, films addressing Palestine, protest, and civil liberties face increasing barriers — from platform censorship to institutional reluctance to engage with politically sensitive work. As filmmakers who have been operating for over 20 years, we have seen first-hand how these pressures affect the ability to produce and distribute independent films.

Public support allows Sign Of The Times to remain independent, truthful, and accessible. Funds raised will go directly towards production costs, including filming, editing, archival materials, legal review, and post-production. Any funds raised beyond the initial target will support national and international distribution, screenings, and outreach.

By supporting this film, you are helping to document a historic moment — ensuring that the stories of those putting their liberty on the line to defend protest, conscience, and freedom of expression are recorded and shared.

This film exists because people refuse to look away. Your support makes that possible.

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Sign Of The Times is a feature-length documentary examining the growing criminalisation of peaceful protest and conscience in the UK.

The film follows the rise of Defend Our Juries and documents a moment in which ordinary people — many of them elderly — are being arrested simply for holding placards opposing genocide. Through first-hand accounts, activist footage, and interviews with those directly affected, the film explores how anti-terror legislation, courtrooms, and policing are increasingly being used to restrict freedom of expression and protest.

Produced by Rainbow Collective, Sign Of The Times continues the story first explored in To Kill A War Machine, a documentary that asked difficult questions about protest, accountability, and the global weapons industry. While that film was banned in the UK, it has continued to be screened internationally — at festivals, cinemas, universities, and grassroots venues — and has been recognised with several independent award nominations and wins.

Sign Of The Times captures a historic moment as it unfolds, recording not only the legal and political shifts taking place, but the human cost of laws that criminalise conscience — and the courage of those who refuse to stay silent.

Sign Of The Times is a film born out of necessity rather than intention. Following the events documented in To Kill A War Machine, it became clear that what was unfolding in the UK was not an isolated response to protest, but part of a wider shift in how dissent, conscience, and expression are being treated.

At the centre of the film are ordinary people — many of them elderly — who have found themselves facing arrest for peaceful acts of protest. Their willingness to put their liberty on the line raises urgent questions about the direction of our courts, our laws, and our democracy.

As filmmakers, our role is to listen, observe, and document with care. Sign Of The Times seeks to create a record of this moment as it unfolds — so that it cannot be erased, misrepresented, or forgotten.