FLive are delighted to bring you another FREE event as part of this year’s spectacular FLive programme. Dip into the BBC’s Community Archive with 3 very special programmes featuring the people and places of Fermanagh over the last 40 years.
Working with the Fermanagh Trust, BBC Northern Ireland are dusting off their Community Archive and delving into some very special footage as part of a short series of screenings especially for Fermanagh Festival Live.
Showing at the Clinton Centre, each beautifully made film will be introduced by a guest speaker, setting the scene for treasures that feature local people, traditions and history. Sure to evoke many memories, there’ll also be time for a short discussion afterwards.
The season begins on Thursday 3rd October with The Loughsiders and The Island Town, presented by Father Brian D’Arcy. The Loughsiders will be of particular interest to fans of its presenter, Seamus Heaney, whose recent passing provoked much sadness around the world. It’s a fascinating, poetic celebration of the islands and waterways of Fermanagh, with Heaney’s script really bringing to life striking descriptions of the natural world, ancient traditions, beliefs and connections between past and present. It’s a little bit of television perfection first broadcast in 1972 and precedes a showing of Enniskillen – The Island Town, part of the Ulster in Focus series for local schools, presented by Hugh Dixon. It’s the story of Enniskillen told through its architecture and, if you were in school in the early eighties, it’ll transport you right back to the classroom.
Friday’s screening is The Impartial Reporter, first broadcast in 1993 and a look behind the scenes at the workings of a local newspaper. Part of the ‘Plain Tales’ series by Carlo Gebler, the programme looks beyond the business of newsgathering and reporting to reflect on the impact of the troubles on everyday life, human tragedy, political tensions and the changing role of the newspaper in the community.
On Saturday lunchtime, ‘The Winding Banks of the Erne – The Way That I Went’, explores the folk stories, music and traditions of rural Fermanagh, with more than a little local humour! This partly autobiographical piece features Paddy Tunney talking to local people about their customs and beliefs, paying tribute to ‘the world of the imagination’.
All screenings start at 1pm and finish around 2, so they’re perfect to catch in your lunch hour.
Tickets are available FREE – visit www.FLive.org.uk to find out how you can get yours.
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