BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9956@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241102T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241102T163000 DTSTAMP:20241014T090454Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-liverpool-irish-festiva l-stolen-film-screening-and-qa-2/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Liverpool Irish Festival: Stolen - Film Screeni ng and Q&A DESCRIPTION:This special screening has been organised as a commemorative ev ent by Renewing Roots\, with funding from the Government of Ireland’s De partment of Children\, Equality\, Disability\, Integration and Youth Comme morative Grant Scheme.\n\nReleased in 2023\, Stolen explores Ireland ’s institutional scandal in which the treatment of unmarried women\, who became pregnant in 20th century Ireland\, sparked global outrage. A gover nment inquiry unearthed shocking accounts of cruelty and abuse\, including forced separations and adoptions\, inhumane living conditions\, children used as cheap labour and infant mortality rates up to five-times the natio nal average. In Stolen survivors – including mothers and witnesses – speak out.\n\nStolen received a nomination\, from the Irish Film and Tele vision Academy (IFTA)\, for the 2024 George Morrison Feature Documentary A ward. Recently\, The Irish Times awarded Margo’s titles Hush-A-Bye Baby and Waveriders\, places within Top 50 Irish Films Ever list.\n\nFollowing the screening \, there will be an interview with the film’s director — Margo Harkin — before a short Q&\;A with panellists Martha O’Neill (Stolen’s producer) and Patricia Carey.\n\nKnown for her deeply persona l documentaries\, and writing on sensitive and controversial topics\, Marg o became well known in the 1980s for Hush-a-Bye Baby\, The Hunger Strike a nd Mother Ireland.\n\nSat 2 Nov\, 2-4.30pm\nFilm 1hr47mins + introduction and Q&\;A.\n\nFree\, booking required\n\nBOOK HERE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/10/STOLEN-web.jpg CATEGORIES:Film LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR