‘What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candour, and more unashamed conversation.’

 Glenn Close

Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival

Acting for the Future Traveller Documentary

Date and Time: Thursday 22 October 2020, 7pm

Platform: Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion hosted by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality in partnership with Travact, Tallaght Travellers Community Development Project, Kildare Traveller Action and Musicantia. 

Category: Interviews and Panel Discussion 

Tickets: Open to the public

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Moderator: Patrick Nevin, Tallaght Travellers Community Development Project

Artists and Guest Speakers: Linda Green, Kildare Traveller Action; Bridget Dooley, Kildare Traveller Action

Details:

This documentary explores the history and culture of the Traveller and Roma communities, and the contemporary issues facing young people and adults in these communities regarding positive mental health and suicide prevention. Ten interviews are conducted with members of the Traveller and Roma community to inform the development of the new documentary.