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201960 minGdocumentary

A Carryin' Stream

201960 minGdocumentary

Nine to 90-year-olds from a County Antrim village share their stories and creativity, connecting past and present through art and memory.

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Nine to 90-year-olds from a County Antrim village share their stories and creativity, connecting past and present through art and memory.

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Cullybackey, a village in County Antrim, serves as the backdrop for Alison Millar's exploration of creativity and culture. The Bafta award-winning director returns to her childhood home, where she recounts the legacy of a visionary teacher and the remarkable artwork and writing produced by impoverished children nearly a century ago. Millar connects her father's experiences at a local school in the 1940s with the lives of contemporary children, revealing her own Ulster-Scots heritage along the way.

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