Film looking at mural evolution to screen on Culture Night

Filmmakers David Dryden and Eileen Walsh.

A special screening of a new film looking at the evolution of murals and political slogans in Londonderry and beyond over the past forty years will be screened in the Gasyard on ‘Culture Night’ from 7.30pm.

‘Together in Pieces,’ which launched earlier this year and has been well-received in both Belfast and Dublin, features contributions from well-known community workers from the Fountain and Nelson Drive, Jeanette Warke and Linda Watson respectively.

According to the filmmakers, David Dryden and Eileen Walsh, the interviewees document the real struggle taking place on the streets of our segregated communities in tackling sectarianism proactively.

The film documents the work of people with a vision to make big changes for the better in the lives and surroundings of people, both young and old, in Londonderry.

Jeanette Warke, commenting on one of the murals in the Bogside, says: “I feel it’s dragging up the past all the time. A British soldier with a sledgehammer banging on a door.”

Michael Doherty of the local Peace and Reconciliation Group, says local political divisions have been reflected by murals and graffiti.

“We are divided. Ninety-eight per cent of our social housing is segregated,” he says.

The screening on ‘Culture Night’ - Friday (September 19) - will be introduced by the film makers Eileen Walsh and David Dryden, and will be followed by a Q&A session.

It will take place at the Gasyard Centre on the Lecky Road.