The Forest Midwife documentary screening and optional activity
Date: 07 November 5:30 – 7:15pm
Location: TU Dublin, Aungier Street campus, Room location details will be circulated closer to the event.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Places are limited, please register here
Global Donut Days Festival are held between 6-9 November 2024, the festival returns for a second year with a newly expanded timeline celebrating local action and global connection through Donut Economics.
TU Dublin, in collaboration with Dublin South City Partnership, See the Light production company and Pocket Forests are delighted to host a screening of ‘The Forest Midwife’ documentary about the wisdom of trees and the power of a human. The documentary follows writer and social entrepreneur Catherine Cleary and her work over the last year to transform a piece of land in Roscommon into a forest and nature reserve. Produced and directed by filmmaker Beta Bajgart, the film includes a specially commissioned piece of writing by award-winning poet and author Kerri Ni Dochartaigh. It also features the voice of renowned Irish actor Mary McEvoy. The event will include an optional ‘step into the doughnut’ reflective activity. During this event, we will connect the issues raised in the documentary, doughnut economics and meaningful local action.
Who is this event for? This event is suitable for anyone who would like to watch the Forest Midwife documentary with others, learn more about doughnut economics and connect with the local community to instigate meaningful action.
Programme
5.30 - 6.15 pm (optional) – 'Step into doughnut’ activity will offer participants a chance to listen and share ideas about the planet and society and take some time to be grounded and reflect on the possibilities that a ‘doughnut’ mindset offers along with what it means to live in the safe space for humanity within the means of the planet provokes.
6.15 - 7.15 pm – The Forest Midwife documentary screening followed by panel discussion/Q&A with Catherine Cleary (Pocket Forests), Beta Bajgart (director), Michelle Licciardi (Dublin South City Partnership) and other guests.
About The Forest Midwife documentary
A documentary film, The Forest Midwife follows writer and social entrepreneur Catherine Cleary and her work over the last year to transform a piece of land in Roscommon into a forest and nature reserve.
The farm, in Corry, near Hillstreet, was bought by Catherine and her family and she has now planted a native woodland of more than 27,000 trees on the land. Produced and directed by filmmaker Beta Bajgart, the film includes a specially commissioned piece of writing by award-winning poet and author Kerri Ni Dochartaigh. It also features the voice of renowned Irish actor Mary McEvoy.
Filmaker Beta Bajgart said: "The story of the documentary centres on Catherine’s work on the farm in Roscommon, but it’s more than a documentary promoting planting trees. Ultimately, it is a story about a woman who listens to her midlife calling, and about a relationship between humans and trees. It touches on a sensitive topic of farming and land ownership in Ireland and honours the hardship of working the land."
For more information, please contact Dr. Lucia Walsh (lucia.walsh@tudublin.ie) / Dr. Olivia Freeman (olivia.freeman@tudublin.ie).
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