Two special Camphill films to be screened in Thomastown
Alternative Kilkenny Arts Festival and Thomastown Creative Arts Festival present two Camphill films by Éamon Little, this August.
First up, on August 7, is Born That Way, a moving film on the life and work of Patrick Lydon, the driving force behind the development of the Camphill movement in Ireland over five decades.
As Patrick and his wife, Gladys struggle through 2021 with his degenerative illness he reflects on their extraordinary life, its alternative approach of sharing life in community with people of diverse abilities and backgrounds, and offers a vision never more relevant to the world.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Gladys Lydon and Éamon Little, hosted by poet Mark Roper. Screening at Thomastown Concert Hall, at 8pm on Friday, August 7.
The following week comes ‘Living Colour’, a charming observational documentary from 2011 focusing on the studio artist collective at KCAT, Callan. Featuring a painter taking ages to climb into a van, a chatterbox stone carver with the shakes, a dream-painter, an artist staring into fires, a hilarious satirical animator and the other artists with whom they share the studio, this film sees the world through their eyes and celebrates their extraordinary work.
The screening may be attended by some of the artists featured and followed by a Q&A with director, Éamon Little, hosted by Catherine Marshall of IMMA.
Screening at Thomastown Concert Hall at 8pm on Saturday, August 15.
All proceeds from this screening will go to a family in Gaza known personally to Éamon Little. If paying at the door, cash only please.
There is an error in the TCAF brochure regarding the screenings. The above info is correct. Tickets for screenings are €10 (each) + booking fee at www.eventbrite.ie.