Charity Screening: The Wind That Shakes the Barley + Q&A with Ken Loach
2006/ UK/ 127 mins/ Dir. Ken Loach Cast: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham
Join us at 5.45pm, before the main film, for a series of films entitled DON’T DIVIDE US made by the Camden Abu Dis Young Film Makers for Human Rights 2010.
A Q&A with acclaimed director Ken Loach, who is a patron for the Young Film Makers, will follow The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
Ireland 1920: workers from field and country unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to face the ruthless ‘Black and Tan’ squads that are being shipped from Britain to block Ireland’s bid for independence. Driven by a deep sense of duty and a love for his country, Damien abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor and joins his brother, Teddy, in a dangerous and violent fight for freedom. As the freedom fighters’ bold tactics bring the British to breaking point, both sides finally agree to a treaty to end the bloodshed. But despite the apparent victory, civil war erupts and families who fought side by side find themselves pitted against one another as sworn enemies, putting their loyalties to the ultimate test.
‘It is a finely made, finely acted piece of work. For this, and for his remarkable and uncompromising career, Loach deserves his golden palm.’
Winner: Palme d’Or Cannes Film Festival (2006)
A fundraising screening for Camden Abu Dis.