Film Screening
Image: Still from 'Our Lockdown Song' film. Credit: West Lothian Financial Inclusion Network's Chit Chat Group.
Films of Action: Coalfield Communities in Lockdown
Part of Folk Film Gathering 2022
Films of Action is a Folk Film Gathering-supported community filmmaking project founded in the belief that our former coalmining areas – in which 10 per cent of the population live – hold a plethora of positive and inspiring stories to tell. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, it highlighted the inequalities that remain long after the closure of the mines. But it also demonstrated how resilient coalfield communities are in finding solutions to their own challenges and quickly self-organising to support residents who are vulnerable or in need, from sharing the responsibility of food provision to collectively writing songs of activism.
Filmmakers Anne Milne and Shona Thomson worked with the Coalfields Regeneration Trust and Regional Screen Scotland to share big-screen stories of lockdown told in people's own voices. Come along to watch a selection and meet the real on-screen stars, followed by an open discussion on the action needed to support thriving communities.
Image: Still from 'Our Lockdown Song' film. Credit: West Lothian Financial Inclusion Network's Chit Chat Group.
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This event is being sold at full capacity without social distancing. Audiences are kindly requested to wear masks at all times, unless exempt.
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