The Dingle Distillery International Film Festival is holding screenings at Ionad an Bhlascaoid (the Blasket Centre) in Dún Chaoin, this St. Brigid’s Weekend – tomorrow, Saturday 1st and Sunday, 2nd February. Presented in association with NEWKD, the event will feature four screenings of films on the theme of war and famine which will highlight the connection between Ireland and Ukraine. Tomorrow, February 1st, the Ukrainian Ambassador Larysa Gerasko will introduce, Family Album. The documentary tells the story of Samara Pearce, a British photographer whose great-grandfather Alexander Wienerberger became an accidental witness of Holodomor, the man-made famine in Ukraine in 1933. He recorded the event through his photography. Jerry spoke to Samara Pearce and to Natalia Krasnenkova of NEWKD (North East and West Kerry Development) and co-organiser of the event. For more go to: https://dinglefilmfest.com/common-ground/ and https://holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/archive/holodomor-in-kharkiv-region-photo-by-alexander-wienerberger/
