TV Folk

 "Our festivals are for everyone, They’re a celebration of what it means to be alive, to be human, and that’s all of us. If we start excluding people, then they’re for none of us.” Tanya Moodie ( The change, Channel 4) 




The current folk revival in the mainstream continues in my last project I spoke about Shane Meadows' psychedelic folk dram "The gallows pole" The next folk TV drama offering is "The Change" written by and staring comedian Bridget Christie.

It's about a woman experiencing menopause in a  midlife coming of age story, using rural, folk culture to explore many contemporary themes from climate change to gender and race equality...and its really funny. 

 Female story telling, reframing  narratives and not buying into the over the hill, invisible middle aged woman inevitably that has been sold to us in the past.

It's good to see this narrative in the mainstream and told via the weird and wonderful world of folk feminism.

In regards to my project it speaks to me via this strong connection to ritual and how ritual is a tool for marking and processing life events 

Making / craft as a  functional, collective social event, preparing for celebrations and the benefit of Community 

Visually there are scenes of ritual celebration , costume ,nature and loads of folk music as a sound track. 

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