A RECENT successful film made by Somerset-based Purple Field Productions will be shown at Minehead Quaker Meeting House on Saturday afternoon (November 25).
‘Lisilojulikana – The Unknown’ is a drama, made in Kenya, challenging the suspicion and fear surrounding children with cerebral palsy.
It has received a major award for public awareness from World Cerebral Palsy Day, and is being used extensively in rural villages in Kenya, making real and The film’s young star, Vanessa, inspired crew and fellow actors in overcoming her own disability to work for the four long weeks of filming.
She plays Grace, who arrives in a small village where her disability is met with fear and suspicion by neighbours of her aunt, who has agreed to look after her. Her sense of humour and dignity wins the community over and the character is a major factor in the film’s success.
The film has been touring throughout the northern rural villages of Kenya and has surpassed all expectations with not only the sizes of audiences but also their positive reactions.
Purple Field Productions (PFP) started in Ilminster in 2004 and works with people in the developing world to make educational films in their own languages on health, welfare and the environment and to organise showings of them.
PFP is a charity operating on minimal costs with the help of professionals volunteering their time.
Its founder, Elspeth Waldie, will be bringing the film herself and able to talk about its making and its impact as well as the organisation’s next projects.
Lisilojulikana – The Unknown will be shown at the Meeting House in Bancks Street, Minehead, at 3pm and the Quakers will provide tea afterwards. Admission is free but donations to PFP’s work would be very welcome.