This next month’s film (showing on Friday 18th February, at 7.30 pm in the Commemoration Hall) is “The Story of the Weeping Camel”. But don’t be put off! Despite its title, this has been called “a joyous movie”, telling the story of a family of nomadic herders, and of their camel, which gives birth to a rare white calf and refuses to nurse it. One reviewer says:
“I believe this film would be fascinating for smart children, maybe the same ones who liked ‘Whale Rider’, because so much of it is told through the eyes of the younger brother. Although the desert society is alien to everything we know, in another way it is instantly understandable, because we know about parents and grandparents, about working to put food on the table, about the need of babies to nurse. Here is a film that is about life itself, and about those few humans who still engage it at first hand.”
Following a trial last month, we are also changing entrance fees, so that the £5 charge (£4 for pensioners & students) covers both the film and your supper.
Dates for future shows in 2005 have now been fixed; they are:
Friday, 18th February, 2005 “The Story of the Weeping Camel”
Friday, 18th March, 2005 “Bend it like Beckham”
Friday, 22nd April, 2005
Friday, 20th May, 2005
Friday, 16th September, 2005
Friday, 21st October, 2005
Friday, 18th November, 2005
Friday, 16th December, 2005
