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Penda’s Fen (12*) + ScreenTalk with Spencer Banks, Ian Greaves and Gareth Evans

Penda's Fen

David Rudkin’s mystical TV film on paganism, and a discussion with actor Spencer Banks and writer Ian Greaves, whose new book reveals how the masterpiece was made.

Penda's Fen, a film for television by David Rudkin, tells the story of young Stephen, the Vicar's son, who is obsessed with the music of Elgar. The play looks at the mystical pagan past of the England, and spirituality, sexuality and the natural landscape. 

Through visitations from angels, demons, Christ, King Penda and even Elgar himself, emerge the ancient secrets of the Malvern Hills. Director Alan Clarke achieves a masterful balance of the fantastical and literal that has connected with generations of viewers for over fifty years.

A post-screening discussion brings together lead Spencer Banks and writer Ian Greaves, author of Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene (Ten Acre Films), a new book on how the film was created. The book is a major step in our understanding of how a masterpiece came to be. Chaired by Gareth Evans.

Tagged with: Cinema ScreenTalks

Copies of Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene will be available to purchase following the event.

With thanks to the BFI National Film Archive and Ian Greaves.

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