LIVE Event

The MAC Belfast

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The MAC in partnership with Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive presents Dust on the Bible, a 1989 documentary by John T. Davis followed by a panel discussion on women’s experience within the evangelical Protestant tradition in Northern Ireland.

Beginning with a screening of John T. Davis’ brilliant documentary, this timely and engaging event will look at how Northern Ireland’s evangelical Protestant community has been represented and critiqued by artists. 

Hugh Odling-Smee will introduce the film and host a panel discussion featuring novelists Jan Carson and Sue Divin, and poet, Moyra Donaldson, all of whom have recently produced work exploring women’s experience within the evangelical Protestant tradition, including Except a Man by Jan Carson, a series of monologues and introductory essay for the MAC's NINOW100 project.

The afternoon will also include readings from all three authors and the premiere of a new short film, The Final Word, commissioned by Northern Ireland Screen, written by Carson and produced by Northern Irish filmmaker Tristan Crowe. It gives voice to one of the many silent women in Davis’ documentary. You can listen to an audio version of the piece here.