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’Oss Gals and Morris Men: Folk Reimagined and Retold: Talk and Film: Way of the Morris

Name: ’Oss Gals and Morris Men: Folk Reimagined and Retold: Talk and Film: Way of the Morris
Start: 2024-05-04T13:30:00+01:00
Location: Ashburton Arts Centre

Talk: Dr Lucy Wright on Folklore is a Feminist Issue; Film: Way of The Morris (cert 12, 54 mins)

Presented by: Ashburton Arts Centre

0	ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P	Saturday 4th May, 2024
N	1:30pm

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Folklore is a Feminist Issue: Talk by Dr Lucy Wright
Widespread perception of folk as something ‘of the past’, in need of preserving, risks perpetuating inequities around gender, race, class and sexuality. In this talk, artist and researcher, Dr Lucy Wright shares some of her observations as a collector (and creator) of ‘contemporary folk customs’, excavating the historical practices that were not deemed important enough to record and inventing new, more inclusive ones for the 21st century.
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Way Of The Morris (Film, Cert 12, 54 mins)
As quintessentially homegrown as a game of cricket or a plate of fish-and-chips, Morris dancing is one of Englands most ancient roots traditions. And yet to your average man on the street, it's seen as little more than a national joke. And a bad national joke at that. Something to ridicule. Something to be embarrassed about. A heartfelt docu-ballad in praise of birthplace, bloodline and rural brotherhood, Way of the Morris follows filmmaker Tim Plester on a deeply personal journey from the barley fields of his childhood to the killing fields of The Somme, in search of a connection with these much-maligned native dances that run deep in his bloodline as he traces the poignant link between the spirited folk revival of the mid-1970s and the true story of the young Adderbury Morris side all but wiped out by the carnage of the First World War. Featuring contributions from singer/songwriter Billy Bragg and Fairport Convention's Chris Leslie. (54 minutes)

This event is in partnership with our neighbours, Field Sytem gallery

https://www.lucywright.art/works
https://www.timplester.com/
https://fieldsystem.co.uk/

It's part of Tinners Moon Festival 2024. For more about this see ashburtonarts.org.uk/tinnersmoon2024