Event: The Donkey Field | Short Film and Artist Talk
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Cinema | (15) | 60 minutes |
27th January 17:45 (Pay What You Decide)
Holocaust Memorial Day
Presented by artist and director Sarah Dobai
Supported by the Lake District Holocaust Project
The Donkey Field weaves a link between an antisemitic attack in 1944 on a young boy on a piece of common land known locally as the donkey field and the story of the persecution of Marie and Balthazar in the acclaimed film Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966). The film features a text, based on sections of a memoir of Budapest in the last year of the war, and scenes which re-enact and reframe Bresson's allegorical story about the scapegoating of innocent subjects. Partly shot on the streets of present-day Budapest, under a regime criticised for its anti-immigrant policies and harsh treatment of refugees, The Donkey Field underlines the relevance of the boy's story to other, more recent stories of displacement and persecution.
27th January 17:45 (Pay What You Decide)
Holocaust Memorial Day
Presented by artist and director Sarah Dobai
Supported by the Lake District Holocaust Project
The Donkey Field weaves a link between an antisemitic attack in 1944 on a young boy on a piece of common land known locally as the donkey field and the story of the persecution of Marie and Balthazar in the acclaimed film Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966). The film features a text, based on sections of a memoir of Budapest in the last year of the war, and scenes which re-enact and reframe Bresson's allegorical story about the scapegoating of innocent subjects. Partly shot on the streets of present-day Budapest, under a regime criticised for its anti-immigrant policies and harsh treatment of refugees, The Donkey Field underlines the relevance of the boy's story to other, more recent stories of displacement and persecution.
Dates/Schedule
27 January 2022
17:30 - 18:30
17:30 - 18:30
Venue
Venue Name:
Brewery Arts
Organised by:
Brewery Arts
122a Highgate
Kendal
LA9 4HE
Kendal
LA9 4HE
Contact
Contact Name:
Sales Team
Telephone:
01539725133
General
Cost
Free