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Film still, 'The Way We Live' (1946).
Screening
Artist's Choice | The Way We Live
25 Feb 2022
Regular hours
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Admission £11.50, including CAST Café supper from 6pm
Address
- 3 Penrose Road
- Helston
England - TR13 8TP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Helston
- Redruth Station
Evening screening of Jill Craigie's 1946 film, The Way We Live documenting Britain’s post-war Plymouth, introduced by BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny
About
Director, scriptwriter and feminist Jill Craigie was one of Britain’s earliest women documentary filmmakers. Her 1946 film The Way We Live documents post-war Plymouth and the responses of local people to the pioneering designs drawn up by town planner Sir Patrick Abercombie for the rebuilding the bombed-out city.
Craigie cleverly deploys a local cast in a film that combines classic documentary forms with the narratives of everyday family life, drawing out the complexities and importance of urban design.
The film has been selected by BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny, who will give a brief introduction. Petroc grew up on the Lizard peninsula and attended Helston School. He is currently writing a personal memoir of Cornwall.
For bookings please email contact@castcafe.uk or call 01326 569267 during open hours.
